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“Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.”
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“Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.”
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“Human beings can't bear silence. It would mean that they would bear themselves.”
― Night Train to Lisbon
― Night Train to Lisbon
“A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.”
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“In the years afterward, I fled whenever somebody began to understand me. That has subsided. But one thing remained: I don't want anybody to understand me completely. I want to go through life unknown. The blindness of others is my safety and my freedom.”
― Night Train to Lisbon
― Night Train to Lisbon
Elke’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Elke’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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