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You Dreamed of Empires

by Álvaro Enrigue

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The Safekeep

by Yael van der Wouden

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“I thought that once I got to this city nothing could ever catch up with me because I could remake my life daily. Once that had made me feel infinite. Now I was certain I would never learn. Being remade was the same thing as being constantly undone.”
― Stephanie Danler, Sweetbitter

tags: adulthood, aging, experience, new-york-city

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“Time flows in the same way for all human beings; every human being flows through time in a different way.”
― Yasunari Kawabata

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“When you can’t see in front of you life is nothing but surprises. Looking back, there were truly so few of them.”
― Stephanie Danler, Sweetbitter

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“Anything can happen in life, especially nothing.”
― Michel Houellebecq, Platform

tags: life, nothing

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“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

tags: inspirational, love

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