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“Faith in the face of disappointment is only enhanced by laughter in the face of pain.”
― The Jerusalem Syndrome: My Life as a Reluctant Messiah
― The Jerusalem Syndrome: My Life as a Reluctant Messiah
“That’s the big challenge of life—to chisel disappointment into wisdom so people respect you and you don’t annoy your friends with your whining.”
― Attempting Normal
― Attempting Normal
“Once, somebody asked Robert Schumann to explain the meaning of a certain piece of music he had just played on the piano.
What Robert Schumann did was sit back down at the piano and play the piece of music again.”
― Wittgenstein’s Mistress
What Robert Schumann did was sit back down at the piano and play the piece of music again.”
― Wittgenstein’s Mistress
“We're all carrying around some shit. When you hear the things people have gone through and realize you've gone through the same, it provides an amazing amount of relief. It give us hope. And I think that's what we're supposed to get from each other. The hope that, maybe, just maybe, we're going to be okay. Maybe.”
― Attempting Normal
― Attempting Normal
“The fraudulence paradox was that the more time and effort you put into trying to appear impressive or attractive to other people, the less impressive or attractive you felt inside -- you were a fraud. And the more of a fraud you felt like, the harder you tried to convey an impressive or likable image of yourself so that other people wouldn't find out what a hollow, fraudulent person you really were.”
― Oblivion
― Oblivion
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David’s 2025 Year in Books
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