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Jeevitha Balakrishnan
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Becoming
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Now I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child—What do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if
“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”
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“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”
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“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
― Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
― Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
Jeevitha’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Jeevitha’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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15 friends
468 books
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235 books
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62 books
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11 books
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201 books
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58 books
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174 friends
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Art, Biography, Business, Cookbooks, History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science, Self help, Travel, literature, and environment
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