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“Books no longer inspired reverent joy but dread—dread that he would never be able to hold his own with an author, that every new book he read would seduce and enslave him.”
― August 1914: A Novel: The Red Wheel I
― August 1914: A Novel: The Red Wheel I
“if one possesses a thing securely, one need never use it.”
― The End of the Affair
― The End of the Affair
“it is style which is the deference that action pays to uncertainty;”
― American Prometheus: THE INSPIRATION FOR 'OPPENHEIMER', WINNER OF 7 OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR AND BEST ACTOR
― American Prometheus: THE INSPIRATION FOR 'OPPENHEIMER', WINNER OF 7 OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR AND BEST ACTOR
“Utram bibis? Aquam an undam?” Which are you drinking? The water or the wave?”
― The Magus
― The Magus
“It was simple: one lived by irony and sentiment, one observed convention. What might have been was one more subject for detached and ironic observation; as was what might be. One surrendered, in other words; one learnt to be what one was.”
― The French Lieutenant's Woman
― The French Lieutenant's Woman
Vincent’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Vincent’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,262 books
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865 friends
270 books
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152 friends
1,806 books
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57 friends
258 books
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149 friends
280 books
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108 friends
2,927 books
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470 friends
455 books
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162 friends
605 books
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24 friends
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