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A Little Life

by Hanya Yanagihara (Goodreads Author)

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The Maidens

by Alex Michaelides (Goodreads Author)

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How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter

by Sherwin B. Nuland

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Jan 14, 2025 07:48PM

“You're captives of a civilizational system that more or less compels you to go on destroying the world in order to live... I think there are many among you who would be glad to release the world from captivity... This is what prevents them: They're unable to find the bars of the cage.”
― Daniel Quinn, Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit

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“Everyone in your culture knows this. Man was born to turn the world into paradise, but tragically he was born flawed. And so his paradise has always been spoiled by stupidty, greed, destructiveness, and shortsightedness.”
― Daniel Quinn, Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit

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“There is no one right way to live.”
― Daniel Quinn, Ishmael

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