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“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”
― Supernatural Horror in Literature
― Supernatural Horror in Literature
“The trouble with being inspired to perform the impossible was that the inspiration gave you no clues to the practical means.”
― Eye of the Needle
― Eye of the Needle
“Não convém a gente levantar escândalo de começo, só aos poucos é que o escuro é claro”
― Grande Sertão: Veredas
― Grande Sertão: Veredas
“There's an old joke - um... two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort, and one of 'em says, "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible." The other one says, "Yeah, I know; and such small portions." Well, that's essentially how I feel about life - full of loneliness, and misery, and suffering, and unhappiness, and it's all over much too quickly.”
― Annie Hall: Screenplay
― Annie Hall: Screenplay
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Vinicius’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Vinicius’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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545 books
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