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“What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.”
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“If you hand me a guitar, I'll play the blues. That's the place I automatically go.”
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“Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”
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“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.”
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Manuel’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Manuel’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
498 books
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145 friends
265 books
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21 friends
458 books
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32 friends
68 books
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23 friends
307 books
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38 friends
118 books
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12 friends
552 books
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103 friends
35 books
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39 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Business, Classics, Fantasy, History, Memoir, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Self help, Spirituality, and Travel
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