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“whiskey makes the heart beat faster
but it sure doesn't help the
mind and isn't it funny how you can ache just
from the deadly drone of
existence?”
― The People Look Like Flowers at Last
but it sure doesn't help the
mind and isn't it funny how you can ache just
from the deadly drone of
existence?”
― The People Look Like Flowers at Last
“...he'd know about the role of mirror neurons in the brain, special cells in the premotor cortex that fire right before a person reaches for a rock, steps forward, turns away, begins to smile.Amazingly, the same neurons fire whether we do something or watch someone else do the same thing, and both summon similar feelings. Learning form our own mishaps isn't as safe as learning from someone else's, which helps us decipher the world of intentions, making our social whirl possible. The brain evolved clever ways to spy or eavesdrop on risk, to fathom another's joy or pain quickly, as detailed sensations, without resorting to words. We feel what we see, we experience others as self.”
― The Zookeeper's Wife
― The Zookeeper's Wife
“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face."
[The Autumnal]”
― The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose
[The Autumnal]”
― The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose
“I’ve stopped being sorry for all my soft. I won’t apologise because I miss you, or because I said it, or because I text you first, or again. I think everyone spends too much time trying to close themselves off. I don’t want to be cool or indifferent, I want to be honest. If I love you at 5AM, I’d damn well rather that you know I felt it. If I love you two hours later, I’ll tell you then too. Listen, I won’t wait double the time it takes for you to text me back because I don’t want to. I don’t care enough to be patient with you. I’m happy, you made me feel that way, don’t you want to know? So that’s how it’s going to be. I’m going to leave myself as open as a church door. And I’m going to wake you up before the crack of dawn to tell you that I’m fucking joyful, no pretending, not from me, not ever. Would you like some coffee, would you please kiss me? Here, these are my hands, this is my mouth, it is all yours.”
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Andreea’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Andreea’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
342 books
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53 friends
717 books
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353 friends
207 books
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116 friends
3 books
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15 friends
3,637 books
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496 friends
122 books
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79 friends
147 books
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154 friends
447 books
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63 friends
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