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Maryam
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“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
“Looking at the stars always makes me dream, as simply as I dream over the black dots representing towns and villages on a map.
Why, I ask myself, shouldn’t the shining dots of the sky be as accessible as the black dots on the map of France?
Just as we take a train to get to Tarascon or Rouen, we take death to reach a star. We cannot get to a star while we are alive any more than we can take the train when we are dead. So to me it seems possible that cholera, tuberculosis and cancer are the celestial means of locomotion. Just as steamboats, buses and railways are the terrestrial means.
To die quietly of old age would be to go there on foot.”
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Why, I ask myself, shouldn’t the shining dots of the sky be as accessible as the black dots on the map of France?
Just as we take a train to get to Tarascon or Rouen, we take death to reach a star. We cannot get to a star while we are alive any more than we can take the train when we are dead. So to me it seems possible that cholera, tuberculosis and cancer are the celestial means of locomotion. Just as steamboats, buses and railways are the terrestrial means.
To die quietly of old age would be to go there on foot.”
―
The Bookish Friends Book Club
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— last activity Jun 01, 2020 11:56AM
A book club that was originally created on Bookstagram. We choose a book, read it, and then discuss it! If you want to join, message me on Instagram @ ...more
Maryam’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Maryam’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
599 books
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1 friend
195 books
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14 friends
65 books
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15 friends
222 books
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6 friends
1,861 books
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262 friends
1,756 books
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67 friends
214 books
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7 friends
612 books
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53 friends
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