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“The truth is that few of us are born into this work. It is something we discover accidentally, something that happens gradually. We get a glimpse of this unusual life and this extraordinary profession, and we want to keep doing it, no matter how exhausting, stressful, or dangerous it becomes. It is the way we make a living, but it feels more like a responsibility, or a calling. It makes us happy, because it gives us a sense of purpose. We bear witness to history, and influence policy.”
― It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War
― It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War
“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, "This is what it is to be happy.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“I choose to live in peace and witness war—to experience the worst in people but to remember the beauty.”
― It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War
― It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War
“because in a sense, our work was our life. It defined who we were, it wasn’t just a job we did for a living, and I needed to hold on to that for as long as I could.”
― It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War
― It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War
“The trouble with good fortune is that people tend to equate it with personal goodness, so that if things are going well for us and less well for others, we think they must have done something to have brought it on themselves. We speak of ourselves as being blessed, what but what can that mean except that others are not blessed, and that God has picked out a few of us to love more? It is our responsibility to care for one another, to create fairness in the face of unfairness, and to find equality where none may have existed in the past.”
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Alix’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alix’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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4,902 friends
599 books
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31 friends
1,938 books
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746 books
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14 friends
507 books
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933 books
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128 friends
326 books
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6 books
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