Alina Man
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“We have been taught that freedom is the freedom to pursue our petty, trivial desires. Real freedom is freedom from our petty, trivial desires.”
― Recovery: Freedom from Our Addiction
― Recovery: Freedom from Our Addiction
“I know that's the sort of thing people say and I really hate it when people say the sort of things people say. I always think, 'You don't mean that, you just think it sounds good.”
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“It can ruin your life only if it ruins your character. Otherwise it cannot harm you - inside or out”
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“Many lumps of incense on the same altar. One crumbles now, one later, but it makes no difference”
― The meditations of Marcus Aurelius
― The meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Alina’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alina’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Art, Biography, Business, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, History, Memoir, Music, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, Self help, and Young-adult
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