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Desirée
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We are but collections of constantly changing interactions between the world and our thoughts, and thus, the idea of a fixed, independent, identifiable self is a delusion. This is essential to understand because it suggests that the self
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“I never asked you to climb the tree to fetch more apples. And while we’re on the subject, I am a horse, not a stool.” “Will you add that to the rules?”
― My Lady Jane
― My Lady Jane
“What matters, in other words, isn’t what we feel but how we respond to those feelings.”
― How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
― How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
“This world was a terrible place. It gave you people to love and then took them away before you stopped loving them. It made you mean and angry and cruel to those who needed you most. It ground you down until it was all you could do to get through the day.”
― The Lonely Hearts Book Club
― The Lonely Hearts Book Club
“Epictetus: “It’s not things that upset us but our judgments about things,”
― How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
― How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
“I’m marrying off my cousin to a horse,” he muttered.”
― My Lady Jane
― My Lady Jane
Desirée’s 2024 Year in Books
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