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“But man is a fickle and disreputable creature and perhaps, like a chess-player, is interested in the process of attaining his goal rather than the goal itself.”
― Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
― Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
“Make whatever decision you wish but never forget one thing: all of you are much better than you believed. Take advantage of the chance that tragedy has given you; not everyone is capable of doing so”
― The Fifth Mountain
― The Fifth Mountain
“Being proposed to all is very nice and all that sort of thing, but it isn’t at all a happy thing when you have to see a poor fellow, whom you know loves you honestly, going away and looking all broken-hearted, and to know that, no matter what he may say at the moment, you are passing quite out if his life”
― Dracula
― Dracula
“I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.”
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“Trust in someone means that we no longer have to protect ourselves. We believe we will not be hurt or harmed by the other, at least not deliberately. We trust his or her good intentions, though we know we might be hurt by the way circumstances play out between us. We might say that hurt happens; it’s a given of life. Harm is inflicted; it’s a choice some people make.”
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Cmyers’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Cmyers’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
995 books
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97 friends
2 books
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958 friends
1 book
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187 friends
38 books
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16 friends
7 books
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8 friends
2 books
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13 friends
229 books
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15 friends
0 books
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21 friends
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