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it seemed my friends were deserting me, just when I needed them most. She was unsurprised. Your life has been stripped down to bedrock, she said. It’s not their fault; their lives are protected by many layers of cushioning, and they can’t
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“God knows, I often lie down to sleep with the desire, even sometimes the hope, not to wake up again.”
― The Sorrows of Young Werther
― The Sorrows of Young Werther
“His mind was bright but his soul was empty.”
― Bright Minds Empty Souls
― Bright Minds Empty Souls
“The source of all misery lies concealed within me, as the source of all happiness did formerly.”
― The Sorrows of Young Werther
― The Sorrows of Young Werther
“I am thoughtful—full of thoughts, all the time, inescapably, exhaustingly. But I am also mindless—acting in accordance with default settings I neither understand nor examine.”
― The Anthropocene Reviewed
― The Anthropocene Reviewed
“I often feel that way, I would like to open one of my veins, to bring me eternal freedom.”
― The Sorrows of Young Werther
― The Sorrows of Young Werther
50 books to read before you die
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These are the named books: 1 The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien 2 1984 by George Orwell 3 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4 The Gra ...more
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OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
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