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It is invariably saddening to look through new eyes at things upon which you have expended your own powers of adjustment.
The great gatsby
“Serenity comes from the heart. Although the heart is often tormented by thoughts of insecurity, it knows that —through correct posture— it will be able to do its best.”
― The Way of the Bow
― The Way of the Bow
“I don't want to rot like mangoes at the end of the season, or burnout like the sun at the and of the day. I cannot live like the gardener, the cook and water-carrier, doing the same task everyday of my life... I want to be either somebody or nobody. I don't want to be anybody.”
― The Room on the Roof
― The Room on the Roof
“the worst thing," he told me,
"is bitterness, people end up so
bitter.”
― You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
"is bitterness, people end up so
bitter.”
― You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
“To be perfectly original one should think much and read little, and this is impossible, for one must have read before one has learnt to think.”
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“But the real world doesn't go away. Racism exists. People are getting hurt. And just because it's not happening to you, doesn't mean it's not happening. And at some point you have to choose; black or white, pick a side. You can try to hide from it. You can say, oh I don't take sides, but at some point, life will force you to pick a side.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Augustus’s 2025 Year in Books
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