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“If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“I am convinced that if all men were to live as simply as I then did, thieving and robbery would be unknown. These take place only in communities where some have got more than is sufficient while others have not enough.”
― Walden & Civil Disobedience
― Walden & Civil Disobedience
“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.”
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“There are, it seems, two muses: the Muse of Inspiration, who gives us inarticulate visions and desires, and the Muse of Realization, who returns again and again to say "It is yet more difficult than you thought." This is the muse of form. It may be then that form serves us best when it works as an obstruction, to baffle us and deflect our intended course. It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.”
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Josie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Josie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
4 books
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12 friends
236 books
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44 friends
49 books
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61 friends
Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Children's, Classics, History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, and Travel
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