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“I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.”
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“I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.”
― The Complete Poems of D.H. Lawrence
― The Complete Poems of D.H. Lawrence
“Serenity is when you get above all this, when it doesn't matter what they think, say or want, but when you do as you are, and see God and Devil as one.”
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“Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate, or despise, serves to defeat us in the end.”
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“You must be life for me to the very end," so he writes. "That is the only way in which to sustain my idea of you. Because you have gotten, as you see, tied up with something so vital to me, I do not think I shall ever shake you off. Nor do I wish to. I want you to live more vitally every day, as I am dead. That is why, when I speak of you to others, I am just a bit ashamed. It's hard to talk of one's self so intimately”
― Tropic of Cancer
― Tropic of Cancer
Erik’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Erik’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
82 books
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7 friends
30 books
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4 friends
160 books
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2 friends
2 books
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2 friends
6 books
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6 friends
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