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“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
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“They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.
Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.”
― High Windows
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.
Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.”
― High Windows
Maaike’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Maaike’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,089 books
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42 friends
831 books
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11 friends
122 books
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22 friends
0 books
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9 friends
20 books
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153 friends
63 books
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40 friends
36 books
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66 friends
41 books
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7 friends
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Biography, Business, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Music, Non-fiction, Poetry, Psychology, Self help, Spirituality, Sports, and Travel
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