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Maria Klymenko
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“The stream of life is black and angry; how so many of us get across without drowning, I often wonder. The best way is not to look too far before-just from one stepping-stone to another; and though you may wet your feet, He won't let you drown-He has not allowed me.”
― Uncle Silas
― Uncle Silas
“Control the manner in which a man interprets his world, and you have gone a long way toward controlling his behavior.”
― Obedience to Authority
― Obedience to Authority
“I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity.”
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“Your head is a living forest full of songbirds.”
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“Our civilisation being what it is, you've got to spent eight hours out of every twenty-four as a mixture between an imbecile and a sewing machine. It's very disagreeable, I know. It's humiliating and disgusting. But there you are. You've got to do it, otherwise the whole fabric of our world will fall to bits and we'll starve. Do the job then, idiotically and mechanically; and spend your leisure hours in being a real complete man or woman.”
― Point Counter Point
― Point Counter Point
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Maria’s 2025 Year in Books
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Art, Classics, Historical fiction, History, Music, Mystery, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science, Suspense, Thriller, and Travel
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