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“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“How the miracle of our meeting
Shone there and sang,
I didn't want to return
From there to anywhere.
Happiness instead of duty
Was bitter delight to me.
Not obliged to speak to anyone,
I spoke for a long while.
Let passions stifle lovers,
Demanding answers,
We, my dear, are only souls
At the limits of the world.”
― The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
Shone there and sang,
I didn't want to return
From there to anywhere.
Happiness instead of duty
Was bitter delight to me.
Not obliged to speak to anyone,
I spoke for a long while.
Let passions stifle lovers,
Demanding answers,
We, my dear, are only souls
At the limits of the world.”
― The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
“I led the same secretly unhappy life; but I led it in the same lonely, self-reliant manner.”
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“If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.”
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Jon’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jon’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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89 friends
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393 books
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154 books
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93 friends
171 books
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132 friends
41 books
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52 friends
235 books
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