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“It’s strange how you give the people you love so much power over you, I had written in my journal. But Shawn had more power over me than I could possibly have imagined. He had defined me to myself, and there’s no greater power than that.”
― Educated
― Educated
“In fact, maybe love, in the purest sense, is about being kind to someone with no expectation of how they’re going to respond. They can ignore your kindness, reject it, or return it tenfold, but you just continue to be kind, and that is love.”
― My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward
― My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward
“Our task in life consists precisely in a form of letting go of fear and expectations, an attempt to purely give oneself to the impact of the present.”
― How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
― How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
“There are scars on my heart, just as thick, as disfiguring as those on my face. I know they’re there. I hope some undamaged tissue remains, a patch through which love can come in and flow out. I hope.”
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
“I do exist, don’t I? It often feels as if I’m not here, that I’m a figment of my own imagination. There are days when I feel so lightly connected to the earth that the threads that tether me to the planet are gossamer thin, spun sugar. A strong gust of wind could dislodge me completely, and I’d lift off and blow away, like one of those seeds in a dandelion clock.”
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Hsymingt’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Hsymingt’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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16 friends
660 books
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45 friends
512 books
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26 friends
12 books
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135 friends
0 books
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4 friends
104 books
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42 friends
231 books
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68 friends
70 books
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107 friends
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