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“If the essential core of the person is denied or suppressed, he gets sick sometimes in obvious ways, sometimes in subtle ways, sometimes immediately, sometimes later.”
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“Since we can't extract beauty from life, let's at least try to extract beauty from not being able to extract beauty from life.”
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“Looking out over the courtyard at the dirty walls, he realized he had no idea whether it was hysteria or love.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“To know nothing about yourself is to live. To know yourself badly is to think.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
“We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to feel nothing so as not to feel anything - what a waste!”
― Call Me by Your Name
― Call Me by Your Name
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Liz’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Liz’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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