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“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”
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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength.”
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“Well, and what if we give in to our troubles at every step! We would be pitiable creatures indeed to be so weak, for is not a man's spirit given to him to rise above his misfortunes? As for our wants, they are many and unfilled, for who is so rich or compassionate as to supply them? Want is our companion from birth to death, familiar as the seasons or the earth, varying only in degree. What profit to bewail that which has always been and cannot change?”
― Nectar in a Sieve
― Nectar in a Sieve
Brooke’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Brooke’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,033 books
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25 friends
1,835 books
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112 friends
1,135 books
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73 friends
340 books
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38 friends
667 books
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210 friends
18 books
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65 friends
53 books
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34 friends
219 books
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19 friends
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