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“The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.”
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“Her affection for him was now the breath and life of Tess's being; it enveloped her as a photosphere, irradiated her into forgetfulness of her past sorrows, keeping back the gloomy spectres that would persist in their attempts to touch her—doubt, fear, moodiness, care, shame. She knew that they were waiting like wolves just outside the circumscribing light, but she had long spells of power to keep them in hungry subjection there.”
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
“Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.”
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“Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“I thought I would inaugurate a Bipolar Pride Day. You know, with floats and parades and stuff! On the floats we would get the depressives, and they wouldn’t even have to leave their beds - we’d just roll their beds out of their houses, and they could continue staring off miserably into space. And then for the manics, we’d have the manic marching band, with manics laughing and talking and shopping and fucking and making bad judgment calls.”
― Wishful Drinking
― Wishful Drinking
Brian’s 2024 Year in Books
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46 friends
622 books
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173 books
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1,552 books
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347 books
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708 books
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98 books
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96 books
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