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2025: More appreciation for the complex genius of this book. Time and humanity’s struggle with it, given our finite lifespan, jumped out in this rereading. Winston’s attempts to use logic to define himself and his place in the world, resulting in his
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“I think literature is best when it's voicing what we would prefer not to talk about.”
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“I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.”
― Zorba the Greek
― Zorba the Greek
“Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't.”
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“A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.”
― The Long Fall
― The Long Fall
“What I've come to learn is that the world is never saved in grand messianic gestures, but in the simple accumulation of gentle, soft, almost invisible acts of compassion.”
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