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“There is no discovery without risk and what you risk reveals what you value.”
― Written on the Body
― Written on the Body
“I say I'm in love with her. What does that mean?
It means I review my future and my past in the light of this feeling. It is as though I wrote in a foreign language that I am suddenly able to read. Wordlessly, she explains me to myself. LIke genius she is ignorant of what she does.”
― The Passion
It means I review my future and my past in the light of this feeling. It is as though I wrote in a foreign language that I am suddenly able to read. Wordlessly, she explains me to myself. LIke genius she is ignorant of what she does.”
― The Passion
“But not all dark places need light, I have to remember that.”
― Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
― Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
“I spin worlds where we could be together. I dream you. For me, imagination and desire are very close.”
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“I had no one to help me, but the T. S. Eliot helped me.
So when people say that poetry is a luxury, or an option, or for the educated middle classes, or that it shouldn’t be read at school because it is irrelevant, or any of the strange stupid things that are said about poetry and its place in our lives, I suspect that the people doing the saying have had things pretty easy. A tough life needs a tough language – and that is what poetry is. That is what literature offers – a language powerful enough to say how it is.
It isn’t a hiding place. It is a finding place.”
― Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
So when people say that poetry is a luxury, or an option, or for the educated middle classes, or that it shouldn’t be read at school because it is irrelevant, or any of the strange stupid things that are said about poetry and its place in our lives, I suspect that the people doing the saying have had things pretty easy. A tough life needs a tough language – and that is what poetry is. That is what literature offers – a language powerful enough to say how it is.
It isn’t a hiding place. It is a finding place.”
― Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Nadja’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Nadja’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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76 friends
322 books
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784 books
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432 books
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388 books
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142 books
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71 books
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