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“The point of this language of “intention” and “personal responsibility” is broad exoneration. Mistakes were made. Bodies were broken. People were enslaved. We meant well. We tried our best. “Good intention” is a hall pass through history, a sleeping pill that ensures the Dream.”
― Between the World and Me
― Between the World and Me
“I believe that, for those who love to write, time spent writing is never wasted. And then isn't it from book to book that we approach the book that we really want to write?”
― La frantumaglia
― La frantumaglia
“What I expect from a good story is that it will tell me today what I can't know from any other source but that story, from its unique way of putting something into words, from the feeling that it implies.”
― La frantumaglia
― La frantumaglia
“Even Tolstoy is an insignificant shadow if he takes a stroll with Anna Karenina.”
― La frantumaglia
― La frantumaglia
“To tolerate existence, we lie, and we lie above all to ourselves. Sometimes we tell ourselves lovely tales, sometimes petty lies. Falsehoods protect us, mitigate suffering, allow us to avoid the terrifying moment of serious reflection, they dilute the horrors of our time, they even save us from ourselves.”
― La frantumaglia
― La frantumaglia
Bethany’s 2025 Year in Books
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