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“Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.”
― Madame Bovary
― Madame Bovary
“You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.”
― Notebooks, 1935-1951
― Notebooks, 1935-1951
“Cherish your wilderness.”
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“I have always found that actively loving
saves one from a morbid preoccupation
with the shortcomings of society.”
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saves one from a morbid preoccupation
with the shortcomings of society.”
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“I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you'll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you'll make something that didn't exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked, and that you will have people to love and to like in return. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now), that you will, when you need to be, be wise, and that you will always be kind.”
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jem’s 2025 Year in Books
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484 books
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18 friends
175 books
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5 friends
643 books
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36 friends
508 books
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24 friends
791 books
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33 friends
1,399 books
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836 friends
83 books
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18 friends
212 books
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8 friends
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