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“There is nothing as pitiful as a young cynic,” Maya Angelou famously wrote, “because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.”
“We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it.”
― Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
― Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
“I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!”
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“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
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Mikaela’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Mikaela’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
703 books
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33 friends
2,331 books
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68 friends
4 books
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1 friend
2,414 books
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139 friends
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