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Emma Richter
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“Sometimes I shrink from your knowing what I have felt for you, and sometimes I am distressed that all of it you will never know.”
― Far From the Madding Crowd
― Far From the Madding Crowd
“It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.”
― Far From the Madding Crowd
― Far From the Madding Crowd
“They spoke very little of their mutual feeling; pretty phrases and warm expressions being probably unnecessary between such tried friends.”
― Far From the Madding Crowd
― Far From the Madding Crowd
“What a way Oak had, she thought, of enduring things. Boldwood, who seemed so much deeper and higher and stronger in feeling than Gabriel, had not yet learnt, any more than she herself, the simple lesson which Oak showed a mastery of by every turn and look he gave—that among the multitude of interests by which he was surrounded, those which affected his personal well-being were not the most absorbing and important in his eyes. Oak meditatively looked upon the horizon of circumstances without any special regard to his own standpoint in the midst. That was how she would wish to be”
― Far From the Madding Crowd
― Far From the Madding Crowd
“Most effective altruists are not saints but ordinary people like you and me, so very few effective altruists claim to live a fully ethical life. Most of them are somewhere on the continuum between a minimally acceptable ethical life and a fully ethical life. That doesn’t mean that they are constantly feeling guilty about not being morally perfect. Effective altruists don’t see a lot of point in feeling guilty. They prefer to focus on the good they are doing. Some of them are content to know they are doing something significant to make the world a better place. Many of them like to challenge themselves, to do a little better this year than last year.”
― The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically
― The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically
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Literary Fiction by People of Color
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Effective Altruists
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Emma’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Emma’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
487 books
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96 friends
2,596 books
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937 books
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681 books
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736 books
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Art, Biography, Classics, Contemporary, Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, and Religion
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