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“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.”
― The Origins of Totalitarianism
― The Origins of Totalitarianism
“Society cares about the individual only in so far as he is profitable. The young know this. Their anxiety as they enter in upon social life matches the anguish of the old as they are excluded from it.”
― The Coming of Age
― The Coming of Age
“Well, that’s just it, I thought: you didn’t just write down a raw cry of suffering. It would be boring and self-indulgent. You had to disguise it, turn it into art. That’s what literature was. That was what required talent, and made people want to read what you wrote, and then they would give you money.”
― Either/Or
― Either/Or
Emily’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Emily’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
482 books
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157 friends
987 books
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195 friends
350 books
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153 friends
268 books
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457 friends
1,030 books
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79 friends
1,634 books
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29 friends
569 books
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55 friends
602 books
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283 friends
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