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“Reading brings us unknown friends”
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“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.”
― The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
― The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
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“First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.”
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“What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more' ... Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have you once experienced a tremendous moment when you would have answered him: 'You are a god and never have I heard anything more divine.”
― The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
― The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
Venkatesh’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Venkatesh’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
5,083 books
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210 friends
58 books
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70 friends
688 books
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33 friends
135 books
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12 friends
129 books
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114 friends
84 books
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104 friends
55 books
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905 friends
31 books
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67 friends
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