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The Stranger

by Albert Camus

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Apoorva said: " I think “The Stranger” is one of the dullest books I read in a while. I didn’t hate it, I just felt underwhelmed. It was stimulating and boring at the same time! I guess I’m not in the right state of mind or stage of life to appreciate the literary v ...more "

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The Art of Loving

by Erich Fromm

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The Second Sex

by Simone de Beauvoir

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Apoorva’s Notes & Highlights

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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So a man will sometimes go through half an hour of mortal terror with a brigand, yet when the knife is at his throat at last, he feels no fear.

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Surya

Very very very very true

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Apoorva’s Quotes

“Living with you will be like aiming for a moving target; you'll always be further along that I expect.”
― Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

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“I can’t believe that you, a grown woman taller than me and beautiful enough to make my heart ache, will be the same girl I used to lift off the ground so you could reach the drinking fountain, the same girl who used to trundle out of my bedroom draped in a dress and hat and four scarves from my closet.”
― Ted Chiang

tags: beautiful, life

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“Move on...holding on to any one experience will limit you”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey Home

tags: inspirational, life-and-living

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“what we choose to focus on and what we choose to ignore—plays in defining the quality of our life.”
― Cal Newport, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

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“Unselfishness is the key to success in higher life”
― Samarpan, Living Hinduism: Scriptures Philosophy Practices

tags: inspirational, life-quotes, spiritual

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