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“To be popular one must be a mediocrity.”
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“She wanted to exist only as a conscious flower, prolonging and preserving herself”
― The Beautiful and Damned
― The Beautiful and Damned
“I'm not sentimental--I'm as romantic as you are. The idea, you know,
is that the sentimental person thinks things will last--the romantic
person has a desperate confidence that they won't.”
― This Side of Paradise
is that the sentimental person thinks things will last--the romantic
person has a desperate confidence that they won't.”
― This Side of Paradise
“The weight of the world is love.
Under the burden of solitude,
under the burden of dissatisfaction
the weight,the weight we carry is love. ”
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Under the burden of solitude,
under the burden of dissatisfaction
the weight,the weight we carry is love. ”
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“Before I go on with this short history, let me make a general observation– the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life, when I saw the improbable, the implausible, often the "impossible," come true.”
― The Crack-Up
One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life, when I saw the improbable, the implausible, often the "impossible," come true.”
― The Crack-Up
Lu’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Lu’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
232 books
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94 friends
6 books
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31 friends
30 books
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17 friends
71 books
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11 friends
56 books
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32 friends
0 books
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28 friends
238 books
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89 friends
29 books
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54 friends
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