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“The circle of an empty day is brutal and at night it tightens around your neck like a noose.”
― The Days of Abandonment
― The Days of Abandonment
“What am I living for and what am I dying for are the same question.”
― The Year of the Flood
― The Year of the Flood
“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.”
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“To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.”
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“A writer - and, I believe, generally all persons - must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art.”
― Twenty-Four Conversations with Borges: Interviews by Roberto Alifano 1981-1983
― Twenty-Four Conversations with Borges: Interviews by Roberto Alifano 1981-1983
Oleg’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Oleg’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
310 books
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241 friends
121 books
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57 friends
316 books
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43 friends
189 books
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88 friends
312 books
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34 friends
3 books
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11 friends
18 books
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11 friends
680 books
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118 friends
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