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“Illness is the night side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place.”
― Illness as Metaphor
― Illness as Metaphor
“People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists in self-deception.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
Rachel’s 2025 Year in Books
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Art, Biography, Children's, Classics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Food, Historical fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Romance, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Spirituality, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult
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