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“A man wants to earn money in order to be happy, and his whole effort and the best of a life are devoted to the earning of that money. Happiness is forgotten; the means are taken for the end.”
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
“Happiness is based on a just discrimination of what is necessary, what is neither necessary nor destructive, and what is destructive”
― The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
― The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
“My words were smaller than my feelings at that moment. I had spent my life finding diplomatic words. Am I a diplomat then? Isn’t it hard enough to play Beethoven”
― August Blue
― August Blue
“Yes, well, it's two contradictory thoughts, she said, the possibility of ending my life and wanting more life. So what? And here are two more contradictions: I don't believe in God, but I talk to something like God. I ask this presence to feel for me when I have cut down my own feelings.”
― August Blue
― August Blue
“Life is one revelation after another. Things don’t always go to plan, no matter what your circumstances. But the flip side is all the unexpected, wonderful things that you could never have imagined happening. Ultimately it’s all for the best that many things don’t turn out the way we hoped.”
― What You Are Looking for is in the Library
― What You Are Looking for is in the Library
Mahtab’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mahtab’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
270 books
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55 friends
1,282 books
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23 friends
196 books
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10 friends
1,039 books
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31 friends
0 books
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7 friends
518 books
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16 friends
116 books
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4 friends
594 books
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84 friends
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