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“The desire to be loved is the last illusion
Give it up and you will be free.”
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Give it up and you will be free.”
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“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum....”
― The Common Good
― The Common Good
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and being alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You have to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes too near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself that you tasted as many as you could.”
― The Painted Drum
― The Painted Drum
Dericksmith’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Dericksmith’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
86 books
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193 friends
949 books
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876 friends
772 books
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101 friends
17 books
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31 friends
1 book
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40 friends
385 books
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