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“If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in.”
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“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”
― The Metamorphosis
― The Metamorphosis
“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”
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“We live not only in a world of thoughts, but also in a world of things. Words without experience are meaningless.”
― Lolita
― Lolita
“I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for? So that it will make us happy, as you write? Good Lord, we would be happy precisely if we had no books, and the kind of books that make us happy are the kind we could write ourselves if we had to. But we need books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. That is my belief.”
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Varun’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Varun’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
958 books
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338 friends
755 books
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203 friends
702 books
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163 friends
1,199 books
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57 friends
598 books
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69 friends
1,577 books
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316 friends
227 books
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14 friends
399 books
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135 friends
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