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“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.”
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“A man sets out to draw the world. As the years go by, he peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, instruments, stars, horses, and individuals. A short time before he dies, he discovers that the patient labyrinth of lines traces the lineaments of his own face.”
― The Aleph and Other Stories
― The Aleph and Other Stories
“I could not become anything; neither good nor bad; neither a scoundrel nor an honest man; neither a hero nor an insect. And now I am eking out my days in my corner, taunting myself with the bitter and entirely useless consolation that an intelligent man cannot seriously become anything, that only a fool can become something.”
― Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
― Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
The Biggest Goodreads Graveyard
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Hello, all! Welcome to one of Goodreads's biggest groups not centered on books. It has indeed become a memory, a forgotten graveyard of memories and i ...more
Taiwan Readers
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A group for readers in Taiwan. Hopefully, we can get an online book club going.
Ian’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Ian’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
458 books
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42 friends
486 books
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56 friends
188 books
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56 books
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159 books
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260 books
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93 books
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278 friends
460 books
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41 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Business, Classics, Contemporary, History, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Science fiction, Self help, Sports, Travel, and Young-adult
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