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I am unwell

“Mama wanted to induct Leni into some terrible, silent club to which Leni didn’t belong.” What a line.

“Western society has splintered into ever narrower identity groupings, with less and less shared narrative to bind us together. When conflict arises, we have fewer social and spiritual resources to help us forgive and reconcile. The secular river is running dry. Nevertheless, there is hope. Ironically, progress can be found by going back- back to the source.”

This is not a book about underconsumption or budgeting. It’s a book about addiction.

“We are not victims of the world; the world is a victim of us.”

It’s giving a more modern writing style of The Age of Innocence, but make it French and with magical realism…if that makes any sense.