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“Once he had told her something that she could not imagine: that amputees suffer pains, cramps, itches, in the leg that is no longer there. That is how she felt without him, feeling his presence where he no longer was.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“Never regret thy fall,
O Icarus of the fearless flight
For the greatest tragedy of them all
Is never to feel the burning light.”
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O Icarus of the fearless flight
For the greatest tragedy of them all
Is never to feel the burning light.”
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“... it is, after all, not necessary to fly right into the middle of the sun, but it is necessary to crawl to a clean little spot on Earth where the sun sometimes shines and one can warm oneself a little.”
― Letter to His Father
― Letter to His Father
“And I could never understand why you were insensitive to the sorrow and shame you inflicted on me with your words and judgements – it was as if you didn’t sense your own power. And I certainly made you ill with words; but I knew what I was doing, though it hurt me, but I couldn’t control myself, I couldn’t hold back my words – though I regretted them. But you landed blows with your words and you were clueless – you never pitied anybody, not then, not later – and people were defenceless before you. And”
― Letter to My Father
― Letter to My Father
Laialy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Laialy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
108 books
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2 friends
1,164 books
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250 friends
98 books
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325 friends
148 books
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215 friends
289 books
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161 friends
233 books
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77 friends
134 books
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121 friends
2 books
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128 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Classics, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Manga, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Science fiction, Thriller, and Travel
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