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“Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Two things everybody's got tuh do fuh theyselves. They got tuh go tuh God, and they got tuh find out about livin' fuh theyselves.”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”
― The Hours
― The Hours
“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”
― The Cost of Living
― The Cost of Living
Bea ’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Bea ’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,357 books
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107 friends
332 books
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142 friends
0 books
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295 friends
539 books
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222 friends
183 books
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193 friends
246 books
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22 friends
193 books
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172 friends
107 books
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25 friends
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