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“Everything's already been said, but since nobody was listening, we have to start again.”
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“The brain appears to possess a special area which we might call poetic memory and which records everything that charms or touches us, that makes our lives beautiful ... Love begins with a metaphor. Which is to say, love begins at the point when a woman enters her first word into our poetic memory.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“I do not love men: I love what devours them.”
― Prometheus Illbound
― Prometheus Illbound
“In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
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Existentialism
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Existentialism is a philosophical movement that claims that individual human beings have full responsibility for creating the meanings of their own li ...more
Shigeru’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shigeru’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Adult Fiction, Art, Book Club, Children's, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Manga, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science fiction, Suspense, Thriller, and Young-adult
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