“Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?”
― Sputnik Sweetheart
― Sputnik Sweetheart
“Don't you think it would be wonderful to get rid of everything and everybody and just go some place where you don't know a soul?”
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“I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it -- to be fed so much love I couldn't take any more. Just once. ”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“In this world, there are things you can only do alone, and things you can only do with somebody else. It's important to combine the two in just the right amount.”
― After Dark
― After Dark
Should have read classics
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Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award
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This group will discuss the selections for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. The winner will receive £30,000, whi ...more
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sustainabooks
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environmental, economic, and social sustainability.
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