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“Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.”
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
“I suppose I'll have to add the force of gravity to my list of enemies.”
― The Penultimate Peril
― The Penultimate Peril
“There is something to be learned from a rainstorm. When meeting with a sudden shower, you try not to get wet and run quickly along the road. But doing such things as passing under the eaves of houses, you still get wet. When you are resolved from the beginning, you will not be perplexed, though you will still get the same soaking. This understanding extends to everything.”
― The Hagakure: A code to the way of samurai
― The Hagakure: A code to the way of samurai
“Even if it seems certain that you will lose, retaliate. Neither wisdom nor technique has a place in this. A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.”
― Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
― Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
“A man of my acquaintance once wrote a poem called "The Road Less Traveled", describing a journey he took through the woods along a path most travelers never used. The poet found that the road less traveled was peaceful but quite lonely, and he was probably a bit nervous as he went along, because if anything happened on the road less traveled, the other travelers would be on the road more frequently traveled and so couldn't hear him as he cried for help. Sure enough, that poet is dead.”
― The Slippery Slope
― The Slippery Slope
Olivia’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Olivia’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Art, Biography, Book Club, Business, Chick-lit, Children's, Classics, Contemporary, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Psychology, Religion, Romance, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, and Thriller
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