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Many changes that do profoundly shape the world are not rare, exciting or headline-grabbing. They are persistent things that happen day by day and year by year until decades pass and the world has been altered beyond recognition.
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
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“No one is born fully-formed: it is through self-experience in the world that we become what we are.”
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“Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head;
And this our life, exempt from public haunt,
Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.”
― As You Like It
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head;
And this our life, exempt from public haunt,
Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.”
― As You Like It
“Listen--are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?”
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“The dedicated life is the life worth living. You must give with your whole heart.”
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Katerina’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Katerina’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
682 books
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227 friends
328 books
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11 friends
107 books
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45 friends
651 books
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90 friends
228 books
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63 friends
336 books
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20 friends
620 books
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67 friends
223 books
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68 friends
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Favorite Genres
Biography, Classics, Fiction, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Psychology, Science, Sports, and Travel
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