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“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
“The word ‘sin’ is derived from the Indo-European root ‘es-,’ meaning ‘to be.’ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that for a [person] trapped in patriarchy, which is the religion of the entire planet, ‘to be’ in the fullest sense is ‘to sin'.”
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“If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!”
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“Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief.”
― Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides
― Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides
“And your doubt can become a good quality if you train it. It must become knowing, it must become criticism. Ask it, whenever it wants to spoil something for you, why something is ugly, demand proofs from it, test it, and you will find it perhaps bewildered and embarrased, perhaps also protesting. But don't give in, insist on arguments, and act in this way, attentive and persistent, every single time, and the day will come when, instead of being a destroyer, it will become one of your best workers--perhaps the most intelligent of all the ones that are building your life.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
Eric’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Eric’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
532 books
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257 friends
107 books
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841 friends
914 books
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83 friends
1,899 books
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541 friends
1,063 books
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252 friends
475 books
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44 friends
1,487 books
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256 friends
14 books
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8 friends
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