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“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
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“If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.”
― Life of Pi
― Life of Pi
“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Twilight of the Idols
― Twilight of the Idols
“I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.”
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“When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.”
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Carla’s 2025 Year in Books
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Adult Fiction, Art, Book Club, Children's, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Literary Fiction, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Science, Science fiction, Suspense, Spirituality, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult
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