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If a person truly has the ability to love, then he can never monopolize his beloved. And neither can his beloved monopolize him. The more he spreads his love, the more he adores his one and only true love. When love spreads, it does not diminish.
— Aug 29, 2025 09:39AM
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The pain of losing something precious - be it happiness or material wealth – can be forgotten over time. But our missed opportunities never leave us, and every time they come back to haunt us, we ache. Or perhaps what haunts us is that nagging thought that things might have turned out differently. Because without that thought, we would put it down to fate and accept it.
— Aug 30, 2025 04:01AM
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People somehow manage to accustom themselves to what they first think insufferable.
— Aug 10, 2025 06:19AM
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Even the most wretched and simple-minded man could be a surprise, even a fool could have a soul whose torments were a constant source of amazement.Why do we assume that it is the easiest thing in the world to know and judge another?Why,when we are reluctant even to describe a wedge of cheese we are seeing for the first time,do we draw our final conclusions from our first encounters with people, &happily dismiss them?
— Aug 04, 2025 03:01AM
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Our longings, our disappointments, our fits of rage - we succumb to them when something unexpected happens to us, something that seems to make no sense. Is it even possible to shock a man who is ready for anything, and who knows exactly what to expect from anyone?
— Aug 03, 2025 03:01AM
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A dash of curiosity is all it takes to stumble upon treasures we never expected. We rarely seek that which we do not expect to find. Send a hero into a dragon's den, and his task is clear. It is a hero of another order who can summon up the courage to lower himself into a well of which we have no knowledge.
— Aug 01, 2025 08:53AM
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⋆⁺₊⋆ sana ☾⋆⁺₊⋆ wrote: "How do u like it so far?I Have seen lots of ppl admiring this book ,and am just curious to read it"
Do give it a go, Sana - there is lots to admire here and it started quite promising, but I am slightly disappointed while continuing, likely because of being it the wrong moment for me to read this in combination with sky-high expectations, even if I like the melancholy tone. I am reading a translation into Dutch and when I look at the sentences that struck me in the English translation, I wonder if it would resonate more when reading it entirely in English instead of in Dutch...
Well, a good translation plays a big part in the journey of reading. Maybe it would be better to switch to English, but nonetheless, it could ruin the whole experience for you. Still, just like you, I have sky-high expectations for this book, since it's been hyped up by readers lately. I'll keep that in mind it's nothing extraordinary, just a book to enjoy. Thank you for your time, and I hope it gets better for you
I Have seen lots of ppl admiring this book ,and am just curious to read it