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“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers,
but to be fearless in facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but
for the heart to conquer it.”
― Collected Poems and Plays of Rabindranath Tagore
but to be fearless in facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but
for the heart to conquer it.”
― Collected Poems and Plays of Rabindranath Tagore
“Au milieu de l'hiver, j'ai découvert en moi un invincible été.”
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“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”
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“now it’s computers and more computers
and soon everybody will have one,
3-year-olds will have computers
and everybody will know everything
about everybody else
long before they meet them.
nobody will want to meet anybody
else ever again
and everybody will be
a recluse
like I am now.”
― The Continual Condition: Poems
and soon everybody will have one,
3-year-olds will have computers
and everybody will know everything
about everybody else
long before they meet them.
nobody will want to meet anybody
else ever again
and everybody will be
a recluse
like I am now.”
― The Continual Condition: Poems
Helen’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Helen’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
170 books
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35 friends
1 book
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2 friends
0 books
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25 friends
4 books
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189 friends
15 books
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13 friends
2 books
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123 friends
19 books
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38 friends
1 book
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60 friends
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