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“The world is available to us, but that may be the problem.”
― Modern Romance: An Investigation
― Modern Romance: An Investigation
“I was so used to thinking about happiness as deferred satisfaction that I had neglected to think about the purpose and import of what happens now. I had failed to engage with the question of happiness as a present reality and, in the process, had just gotten really busy.”
― Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly
― Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly
“There's not a dating service on this planet that can do what the human brain can do in terms of finding the right person.”
― Modern Romance
― Modern Romance
“A literary work ... is, during the time one reads it, a friend with whom one has chosen to spend one's time. The question now is, what does this friendship do to my mind? What does this new friend ask me to notice, to desire, to care about? How does he or she invite me to view my fellow human beings?”
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“A great sorrow, and one that I am only beginning to understand: we don’t get to choose our own hearts. We can’t make ourselves want what’s good for us or what’s good for other people. We don’t get to choose the people we are.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
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