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“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
“I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.”
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“Plain question and plain answer make the shortest road out of most perplexities.”
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“If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for to the creator there is no poverty and no poor indifferent place.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
“For now she need not think of anybody. She could be herself, by herself. And that was what now she often felt the need of - to think; well not even to think. To be silent; to be alone. All the being and the doing, expansive, glittering, vocal, evaporated; and one shrunk, with a sense of solemnity, to being oneself, a wedge-shaped core of darkness, something invisible to others... and this self having shed its attachments was free for the strangest adventures.”
― To the Lighthouse
― To the Lighthouse
Jia’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jia’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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104 friends
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48 friends
1 book
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113 friends
97 books
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45 friends
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105 friends
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70 friends
1 book
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72 friends
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