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“So everything lets us down, including curiosity and honesty and what we love best. Yes, said the voice, but cheer up, it's fun in the end.”
― 2666
― 2666
“Only in chaos are we conceivable.”
― 2666
― 2666
“There is a time for reciting poems and a time for fists.”
― The Savage Detectives
― The Savage Detectives
“Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people's ideas, like listening to music, like looking at the view, like taking a walk on the beach.”
― 2666
― 2666
“Modern history, both early and late, was made by Europeans, who "built a world around Europe", as historians "know", according to Braudel. That is indeed the "knowledge" of the European historians who themselves "invented" history and then put it to good use. There is not even an inkling of suspicion that it may have been the other way around, that maybe it was the world that made Europe.”
― Reorient: Global Economy in the Asian Age
― Reorient: Global Economy in the Asian Age
Beatriz’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Beatriz’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
189 books
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37 friends
181 books
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22 friends
46 books
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100 friends
82 books
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10 friends
16 books
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13 friends
48 books
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11 friends
167 books
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24 friends
0 books
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45 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Suspense, and Travel
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