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May 19
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Shawn
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Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha (Paperback)
by Thich Nhat Hanh
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Shawn said:
"There are a couple lines I carry around - (paraphrasing) If you get a really yummy muffin with a few little stones in it, don't throw away the whole muffin. Just throw away the stones and enjoy your muffin.
And: You can leave your boat behind once...more
There are a couple lines I carry around - (paraphrasing) If you get a really yummy muffin with a few little stones in it, don't throw away the whole muffin. Just throw away the stones and enjoy your muffin.
And: You can leave your boat behind once you cross the river. Don't go dragging it around everywhere.
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Shawn
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The Idiot (Modern Library Classics)
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Shawn said:
"I love Myshkin but I'm done falling for Nastasia. One of his best.
"Is it true, prince, that you once declared that 'beauty would save the world'? Great Heaven! The prince says that beauty saves the world! And I declare that he only has such...more
I love Myshkin but I'm done falling for Nastasia. One of his best.
"Is it true, prince, that you once declared that 'beauty would save the world'? Great Heaven! The prince says that beauty saves the world! And I declare that he only has such playful ideas because he's in love! Gentlemen, the prince is in love. I guessed it the moment he came in." ...less
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Shawn
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The Gambler (Modern Library Classics)
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Shawn said:
"A great read. Lots of manic warbling and failed sortings out. Includes a talking-to I'm hoping therapy will save me from.
"Yes, poor unfortunate," continued Astley. "She DID love you;
and I may tell you this now for the reason t...more
A great read. Lots of manic warbling and failed sortings out. Includes a talking-to I'm hoping therapy will save me from.
"Yes, poor unfortunate," continued Astley. "She DID love you;
and I may tell you this now for the reason that now you are
utterly lost. Even if I were also to tell you that she still
loves you, you would none the less have to remain where you are.
Yes, you have ruined yourself beyond redemption. Once upon a
time you had a certain amount of talent, and you were of a
lively disposition, and your good looks were not to be despised.
You might even have been useful to your country, which needs men
like you. Yet you remained here, and your life is now over....less
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Shawn
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Notes from Underground; The Double (Penguin Classics)
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Shawn said:
"Apropos of the wet snow - so beautiful - sometimes I'm him, sometimes her - but that was before.
The frightened and wounded expression on her face was followed first by a look of sorrowful perplexity. When I began calling myself a scoundrel and ...more
Apropos of the wet snow - so beautiful - sometimes I'm him, sometimes her - but that was before.
The frightened and wounded expression on her face was followed first by a look of sorrowful perplexity. When I began calling myself a scoundrel and a blackguard and my tears flowed (the tirade was accompanied throughout by tears) her whole face worked convulsively. She was on the point of getting up and stopping me; when I finished she took no notice of my shouting: "Why are you here, why don't you go away?" but realised only that it must have been very bitter to me to say all this. Besides, she was so crushed, poor girl; she considered herself infinitely beneath me; how could she feel anger or resentment? She suddenly leapt up from her chair with an irresistible impulse and held out her hands, yearning towards me, though still timid and not daring to stir.... At this point there was a revulsion in my heart too. Then she suddenly rushed to me, threw her arms round me and burst into tears. I, too, could not restrain myself, and sobbed as I never had before.
"They won't let me ... I can't be good!" I managed to articulate; then I went to the sofa, fell on it face downwards, and sobbed on it for a quarter of an hour in genuine hysterics. ...less
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Shawn
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Paradiso (Paperback)
by Dante Alighieri
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Shawn said:
"Something about this passage gets me. I always come back to it. Sad and beautiful. Dante asks a woman in the lowest rung of Paradise - the moon - if she doesn't hanker to go higher:
"A smile at this
Lightened her eyes, and tho...more
Something about this passage gets me. I always come back to it. Sad and beautiful. Dante asks a woman in the lowest rung of Paradise - the moon - if she doesn't hanker to go higher:
"A smile at this
Lightened her eyes, and those who crowded near
Smiled with her. Then she spoke, and all the bliss
Of Love's first flame, it seemed, was hers to sing,
She was so joyous in her answering.
"Brother, the quality of our Love doth still
The impulse of rebellion; all our will
Being God's only. Here we rest content.
What God hath in his perfect counsel meant
In our assorting is our certain good.
Incapable of a different thirst are we,
And, that you may the clear occasion see,
Consider that Love rules omnipotent
From threshold unto threshold, from this low
Soon-circling moon, that for our home we know,
To the vast Ultimate Heaven. And think again.
What is Love's nature? Love itself were vain
If envy could corrupt it. Love must be
Surrender by its own necessity
Unto the God from Whom itself derives.
No more desire in emulation strives,
But all our joy is in this will supreme;
And thence is His joy also, that our wills
Find peace in His - the universal sea
Which to Itself all that Itself creates,
And all that Nature thence originates,
Draws in divine attraction."
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Shawn
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Phaedrus (Paperback)
by Plato, Alexander Nehamas, Paul Woodruff
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Shawn said:
"God this is good stuff. Plato sends me.
"There is also a madness which is the special gift of heaven and the source of the chiefest blessings among men. This divine madness is of four kinds - the gift of prophecy, religious ecstasy in which ...more
God this is good stuff. Plato sends me.
"There is also a madness which is the special gift of heaven and the source of the chiefest blessings among men. This divine madness is of four kinds - the gift of prophecy, religious ecstasy in which the soul is purified from sin, poetical inspiration, and lastly the madness of love.
I might tell of many other noble deeds which have sprung
from inspired madness. And therefore, let no one frighten
or flutter us by saying that temperate love is preferable to
mad love, but let him further show, if he would carry off the
palm, that love is not sent by the gods for any good to lover
or beloved. And we, on our part, will prove in answer to
him that the madness of love is the greatest of Heaven s
blessings, and the proof shall be one which the wise will receive, and the witling disbelieve."...less
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Shawn
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Brothers Karamazov (First Modern Library Edition)
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Shawn said:
"'I love humanity,' he said, 'but I wonder at myself. The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular. In my dreams,'he said, 'I have often come to making enthusiastic schemes for the service of humanity, and perhaps I might act...more
'I love humanity,' he said, 'but I wonder at myself. The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular. In my dreams,'he said, 'I have often come to making enthusiastic schemes for the service of humanity, and perhaps I might actually have faced crucifixion if it had been suddenly necessary; and yet I am incapable of living in the same room with anyone for two days together, as I know by experience. As soon as anyone is near me, his personality disturbs my self-complacency and restricts my freedom. In twenty-four hours I begin to hate the best of men: one because he's too long over his dinner; another because he has a cold and keeps on blowing his nose. I become hostile to people the moment they come close to me. But it has always happened that the more I detest men individually the more ardent becomes my love for humanity.'
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Shawn
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Demons (Paperback)
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Shawn said:
"Nikolay Stavrogin is one of my favorite characters ever. A little screwed-up, but super bad-ass.
“I'll tell you what drives me to it,” he said sullenly, and looking round him he bent down to Ivan Ossipovitch's ear. The refined Alyosha Telyatni...more
Nikolay Stavrogin is one of my favorite characters ever. A little screwed-up, but super bad-ass.
“I'll tell you what drives me to it,” he said sullenly, and looking round him he bent down to Ivan Ossipovitch's ear. The refined Alyosha Telyatnikov moved three steps farther away towards the window, and the colonel coughed over the Qolos. Poor Ivan Ossipovitch hurriedly and trustfully inclined his ear-; he was exceedingly curious. And then something utterly incredible, though on the other side only too unmistakable, took place. The old man suddenly felt that, instead of telling him some interesting secret, Nikolay had seized the upper part of his ear between his teeth and was nipping it rather hard. He shuddered, and breath failed him....less
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May 16
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Shawn
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The Jungle Books (Signet Classics)
by Rudyard Kipling
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