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This book makes me feel more scatterbrained than I already am

reading A Little Life was a walk in the park in comparison to this. It is slightly shorter except it consists of 19th-century prose. my only saving grace is that i understand French, otherwise this would’ve been an impossible read

Dovremmo saperlo che Dio è misericordioso, ma non sempre comprensibile per noi. Dovremmo accettare la nostra sorte qualunque essa sia e sforzarci di rendere felice quella degli altri. Non è vero? Ebbene, domani comincerò a sforzarmi di rendere felice almeno lei.

"At the West End you may be amused, but in the city you are deeply excited."

"Of an artistic temperament, I deny that I am; yet I must possess something of the artist's faculty of making the most of present pleasure..."