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“Only I have no luck any more. But who knows? Maybe today. Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea
“Creative people, especially those who are just starting out, feel that they have to conform and be a mass-produced product in order to be noticed. The truth of the matter is that genuineness and unconventionality is often what helps make a mark on the world.”
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“And sometimes, love is unconventional and it breaks all the rules and blurs all the lines and basks in its glory, shining as bright as the sun, unapologetically glowing even under the narrowed stares of society and its screaming, self-righteous morals, berating and judging that which it doesn't understand.”
― Unbeautifully
― Unbeautifully
“Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Muses are too unreliable to keep on the payroll.”
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“As Aristotle said, 'Excellence is a habit.' I would say furthermore that excellence is made constant through the feeling that comes right after one has completed a work which he himself finds undeniably awe-inspiring. He only wants to relax until he's ready to renew such a feeling all over again because to him, all else has become absolutely trivial.”
― Killosophy
― Killosophy
Dilys’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Dilys’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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8 friends
248 books
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111 books
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91 books
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152 books
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0 books
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211 books
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239 books
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14 friends
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