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“When everything goes wrong, what a joy to test your soul and see if it has endurance and courage! An invisible and all-powerful enemy—some call him God, others the Devil, seem to rush upon us to destroy us; but we are not destroyed.”
― Zorba the Greek
― Zorba the Greek
“The person that I want to have everything to do with, wants nothing to do with me.”
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“She seems so cool, so focused, so quiet, yet her eyes remain fixed upon the horizon. You think you know all there is to know about her immediately upon meeting her, but everything you think you know is wrong. Passion flows through her like a river of blood.
She only looked away for a moment, and the mask slipped, and you fell. All your tomorrows start here.”
― Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
She only looked away for a moment, and the mask slipped, and you fell. All your tomorrows start here.”
― Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
“Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and *look* for trouble.”
― Zorba the Greek
― Zorba the Greek
“Look, one day I had gone to a little village. An old grandfather of ninety was busy planting an almond tree. ‘What, grandfather!’ I exclaimed. ‘Planting an almond tree?’ And he, bent as he was, turned around and said: ‘My son, I carry on as if I should never die.’ I replied: ‘And I carry on as if I was going to die any minute.’
Which of us was right, boss?”
― Zorba the Greek
Which of us was right, boss?”
― Zorba the Greek
Alexander’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alexander’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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127 books
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