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"Found a really awesome version of Sapiens while abroad and bought it for my home library. Has been recommended to me for years and finally getting around to reading it. Though some of this may have been covered in my past coursework, I do hunger for additional knowledge about our world and its constructs, and to understand people even better." — Jun 17, 2024 07:41AM
"Found a really awesome version of Sapiens while abroad and bought it for my home library. Has been recommended to me for years and finally getting around to reading it. Though some of this may have been covered in my past coursework, I do hunger for additional knowledge about our world and its constructs, and to understand people even better." — Jun 17, 2024 07:41AM
“It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“Oh Jake," Brett said, "We could have had such a damned good time together."
Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. He raised his baton. The car slowed suddenly, pressing Brett against me.
Yes," I said. "Isn't it pretty to think so?”
― The Sun Also Rises
Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. He raised his baton. The car slowed suddenly, pressing Brett against me.
Yes," I said. "Isn't it pretty to think so?”
― The Sun Also Rises
“she loved to walk down the street with a book under her arm. It had the same significance for her as an elegant cane for the dandy a century ago. It differentiated her from others.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it.”
― Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
― Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
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