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“But that’s the wonderful thing about foreign travel, suddenly you are five years old again. You can’t read anything, you have only the most basic sense of how things work, you can’t even reliably cross the street without endangering your life. Your whole existence becomes a series of interesting guesses.”
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“An airport is a potent place, a point of reunions and departures. For the traveler, it's a crossroads at the moment of decision, a flashpoint that separates intention from retreat.”
― To Swim Beneath the Earth
― To Swim Beneath the Earth
“A girl who travels will need someone that questions her, not too little, and not too much. She’ll need someone to read her, but also really listen to her. Because she’ll want to do the same. She’ll want a person that shares an interest but at the same time stays genuine to who they are. Not drown in a puddle of narcissism. And not drown in a lake of fascination.”
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“Your comfort zone is a place where you keep yourself in a self-illusion and nothing can grow there but your potentiality can grow only when you can think and grow out of that zone.”
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“You don't even know where I'm going."
"I don't care. I'd like to go anywhere.”
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
"I don't care. I'd like to go anywhere.”
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Karin’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Karin’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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233 friends
1,250 books
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69 friends
280 books
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109 friends
77 books
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49 friends
59 books
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2 friends
0 books
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27 friends
22 books
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77 friends
39 books
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12 friends
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