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Studie Engels. Vrienden Engels. Thuis Engels. Voelt toch vreemd/fijn om eens Nederlands te horen, al helemaal met dit bejaarde vocabulaire😭

Absoluut absurd. Stel bejaarden die (semi per ongeluk) de cocaine handel in gaan om hun tehuis over te kopen

“To suffer unnecessarily is masochistic, rather than heroic”
As an argument for why sitting in ur suffering will give you depression and what Franklin calls the “existential vacuum” (a loss of a will/meaning to live), and instead you should see enduring suffering in and of itself as an accomplishment.

“There was plenty of suffering for us to get through. Therefore, it was necessary to face up to the full amount of suffering, trying to keep moments of weakness and furtive tears to a minimum. But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer. Only very few realized that.”

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Sensitive people who were used to a rich intellectual life may have suffered much pain, but the damage to their inner selves was less. They were able to retreat from their terrible surroundings to a life of inner riches and spiritual freedom. Only in this way can one explain the paradox that some prisoners of a less hardy make-up often seemed to survive camp life better than did those of a robust nature.”

chat I’m too woke I’m 13 chapters in and realize by “indian” they don’t mean Indian they mean Native American. I feel so dumb

“You are either born rich or you get lucky”

As many people died between 1980s - 2000s died from potentially curable TB as from world war 1 and 2 combined. All because of medicine restriction (both location, policy and (mainly) economical reasons)…

Is the world evil?

This is getting ridiculous, kinda lost me there. I like a realistic open ending better than the victims trying to get away with accidental murder bc “they would never believe us!”

Realism kinda broke now

bro I’m so overwhelmed too much going on

Rachel… i- spoiler:

this woman, kept in a basement for 15 years, had a baby inside said basement and after finally breaking out 15 years later, reuniting with her oldest daughter, she had to pretend nothing had happened to save her… all the while pretending her younger daughter isn’t hers but her brother in laws…

What is even reality. How do u even conjure this shit show up??!?

Idk how this book is SO LONG and also so thrilling. I thought it was so slow and boring at first but Holly Jackson did it again and I’m so attached to everybody. It makes the mystery and the clues not js a mystery but a tragedy and I’m so moved by it fuckkk

I thought this was so boring at first but I’m SO locked in rn!!!!

Idk almost 2h in and not the biggest fan so far. I like Evie but it’s a little dull and the clackity is so cliche its not scary :/

I think I’ll continue to give it a shot cuz I love Evie’s grunge little attitude. Shaving an undercut at 12y old is badass

Alr liking this book EVEN more bc Ollie is back as an mc!!! Ollie crazy stubborn brave girl ily

LISTENED AGAIN ON MY NIGHT WALK AT 11PM AND I WAS TERRIFIED. TERRIFIEDDDD. OLLIE BEHIND YOU AAAAAAA.

A guy walked up to me when I was out and i didn’t see him coming so I accidentally cussed him the fuck out 😭 he looked so shocked and ran away. It was so funny but I was terrified

Gonna ignore I spend €13 on this audiobook

Sadly at 50% and not much is happening :/ I loved part 1 I’m js unsure if it needed a part 2 yk

I take it back. I will get to my reading goal! I will finish the lies of Locke lamora this Xmas vacay. Hamsa idk how to tag you but if u see this expect an in depth review >:)

It’s 4am and I’m fucking terrified. I had to turn on the lights man. I’m so glad Ollie’s not alone omg. The scarecrows are terrifying omg

I was taking a walk at 10pm while listening to Ollie’s mysterious diary from 1895 coming up as a ghost legend in her class… let me js say that as soon as I got home I turned on all the lights and locked the doors… for no particular reason

Omg why is nothing happening. Get a move on omfg

Oh lord I’m never gonna make my reading goal. Uni nerfed me

I love Ollie!! She was exactly like me at 12. Incredibly stubborn and smart, so much so she gets herself into a little trouble. Except she’s way braver than I was. I’m so excited to read this

Started listening to this last night! It reminds me sm of being a kid and being read to sleep. What a wonderful writing style!!! For me it’s hard to read from children’s pov cuz they never feel like their age but this is great!

What’s the point of being a thief if you can’t spend money or you get found out. What’s the point in continuing to pull off high end schemes… just to fill the bottomless pit in your kitchen? I’m very curious where this is going to.

“They could live comfortably for ten crowns apiece each year, and to spend much more than that would invite the most unwelcome scrutiny imaginable, from every authority in Camorr, legal or otherwise. In four years, they’d brought off three huge scores and were currently working on their fourth; for four years, the vast majority of the money had simply been counted and thrown into the darkness of the vaults.”

“The tooth twisted in his mouth, as though wrenched by an unseen hand, and scored a burning slash across the inside of his cheek. Locke cried out, coughed, and spat it up. “Ahhh,” said Capa Barsavi as he plucked the the tooth up and slipped it back into his waistcoat, blood and all. “So you see—you are bound by an oath of blood to my service. My tooth has tasted of your life, and your life is mine..”

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE JOKING! I’m in tears from shock quite literally. You’re telling me they’re pulling off a scheme, then telling the victims its a scheme as the secret society but they’re also pretending to be the secret society trying to arrest… their original scheme selves so they tell the victim to play into the scheme? My brain is starting to hurt and I have a feeling this is only one of many layers