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Reading for the 3rd time
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3rd reading:100 pages in, I find it pretentious this time around, struggling to understand why i "loved" it so much on my second reading, I hope the rest of the book holds the answers
While I'm still conflicted about Rooney's style, I get it. I get w ...more "
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― Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life
― Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life
“But emotion, for most people, too often is like some sort of slumbering giant, lulled to sleep by preoccupation with the dead facts of that outer world we call objective. When we look at a painting, we see a price tag. A trip is logistics more than pleasure. Romance dies in household routine. Yet life without feeling is a sort of death.”
― Techniques of the Selling Writer
― Techniques of the Selling Writer
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