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“I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.”
― Long Walk to Freedom: Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
― Long Walk to Freedom: Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
“It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.”
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“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
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“Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around - nobody big, I mean - except me. And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff - I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be.”
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Francesca’s 2025 Year in Books
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955 books
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1,331 books
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4,120 books
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5,274 books
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137 friends
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