Mom says dwelling in your feelings is no way to live, that there will always be something to be upset about and the secret to a happy life is not to let yourself be dragged down into negativity. She doesn’t understand how satisfying sadness
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“To want is to have a weakness.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
“He walked down, for a long while avoiding looking at her as at the sun, but seeing her, as one does the sun, without looking.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“To feel wrecked, you didn’t need accumulated badness. One mess-up was all it took.”
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Dostoyevsky's Lair: Russian Literature
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This group explores Russian literature with an emphasis on 19th/20th century authors.
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