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complete ignorance of the future was the condition that provided the possibility of continuing to live in the present.
“Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.”
― A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
― A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.”
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“The Iliad is only great because all life is a battle, The Odyssey because all life is a journey, The Book of Job because all life is a riddle.”
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“I never allow myself to be influenced in the smallest degree either by atmospheric disturbances or by the arbitrary divisions of what is known as Time. I would willingly reintroduce to society the opium pipe of China or the Malayan kriss, but I am wholly and entirely without instruction in those infinitely more per-nicious (besides being quite bleakly bourgeois) implements, the umbrella and the watch.”
― À la recherche du temps perdu
― À la recherche du temps perdu
Hell’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Hell’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
143 books
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80 friends
381 books
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17 friends
108 books
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54 friends
500 books
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88 friends
74 books
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3 friends
25 books
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102 friends
61 books
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19 friends
23 books
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68 friends
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