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“Joy is in the ears that hear, not in the mouth that speaks. The world has few stories glad in themselves, and we must have gay ears to defy Despite"
Foamfollower from (Lord Foul's Bane; 1977)”
― Lord Foul's Bane
Foamfollower from (Lord Foul's Bane; 1977)”
― Lord Foul's Bane
“The animals will stop moving when I stop breathing. But if I write to you with all my heart, I’ll leave a little of myself behind on this paper, in these words. Then, if you think of me on Qingming, when the spirits of the departed are allowed to visit their families, you’ll make the parts of myself I leave behind come alive too. The creatures I made for you will again leap and run and pounce, and maybe you’ll get to see these words then.”
― The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
― The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
“You know what the Chinese think is the saddest feeling in the world? It's for a child to finally grow the desire to take care of his parents, only to realize that they were long gone.”
― The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
― The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
“What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself.”
― Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium: Latin Text
― Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium: Latin Text
“That feeling in your heart: it’s called mono no aware. It is a sense of the transience of all things in life. The sun, the dandelion, the cicada, the Hammer, and all of us: we are all subject to the equations of James Clerk Maxwell, and we are all ephemeral patterns destined to eventually fade, whether in a second or an eon.”
― The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
― The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
Zach’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Zach’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
271 books
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68 friends
387 books
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724 friends
857 books
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144 friends
538 books
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49 friends
1,222 books
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182 friends
1,149 books
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16 friends
325 books
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24 friends
90 books
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113 friends
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