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“Love is a strange thing. It takes you by surprise.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“Contentment is the disparity connecting hopes and actuality.”
― Mind Hacking: 3-in-1 Bundle to Master Rewiring the Brain, Changing Habits, Thinking Differently & Change Your Mindset
― Mind Hacking: 3-in-1 Bundle to Master Rewiring the Brain, Changing Habits, Thinking Differently & Change Your Mindset
“Death is a strange thing. People live their whole lives as if it does not exist, and yet it’s often one of the great motivations for living. Some of us, in time, become so conscious of it that we live harder, more obstinately, with more fury. Some need its constant presence to even be aware of its antithesis. Others become so preoccupied with it that they go into the waiting room long before it has announced its arrival. We fear it, yet most of us fear more than anything that it may take someone other than ourselves. For the greatest fear of death is always that it will pass us by. And leave us there alone.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“And time is a curious thing. Most of us only live for the time that lies right ahead of us. A few days, weeks, years. One of the most painful moments in a person’s life probably comes with the insight that an age has been reached when there is more to look back on than ahead. And when time no longer lies ahead of one, other things have to be lived for. Memories, perhaps. Afternoons in the sun with someone’s hand clutched in one’s own. The fragrance of flower beds in fresh bloom. Sundays in a café. Grandchildren, perhaps. One finds a way of living for the sake of someone else’s future. And it wasn’t as if Ove also died when Sonja left him. He just stopped living. Grief is a strange thing.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
Serena’s 2025 Year in Books
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555 books
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30 friends
441 books
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305 books
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43 friends
11 books
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8 books
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4 friends
68 books
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5 friends
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