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“It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!”
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“I don't like work--no man does--but I like what is in the work--the chance to find yourself. Your own reality--for yourself not for others--what no other man can ever know. They can only see the mere show, and never can tell what it really means.”
― Heart of Darkness
― Heart of Darkness
“My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel--it is, before all, to make you see.”
― Lord Jim
― Lord Jim
“We live as we dream--alone....”
― Heart of Darkness
― Heart of Darkness
“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.”
― The World As I See It
― The World As I See It
Alkestis ’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alkestis ’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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293 friends
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200 friends
2,935 books
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442 friends
312 books
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710 friends
1,282 books
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3,267 books
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482 friends
1,050 books
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492 friends
1,698 books
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84 friends
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