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I’m a textbook case of INFP personality type with all its stereotypical anxieties and pessimism. I’m a big loner who avoids parties and gatherings; is quite shy around girls; often get lost in my thoughts; is a miserable dresser, don’t like combing my hair or shaving – can go through months without bath; as you can see I’m terrible in introducing myself; am socially awkward to put it lightly; though I still have some gems for friends. Another weakness is that I can’t live in any sort of routine – and so have no fixed time for meals and going to bed. And so, not very healthy. Also, currently unemployed.

I read a lot, as in a lot, as in ‘buys books before clothes’ type. I often end up missing my meal, too lost in reading. Another reason that I
I’m a textbook case of INFP personality type with all its stereotypical anxieties and pessimism. I’m a big loner who avoids parties and gatherings; is quite shy around girls; often get lost in my thoughts; is a miserable dresser, don’t like combing my hair or shaving – can go through months without bath; as you can see I’m terrible in introducing myself; am socially awkward to put it lightly; though I still have some gems for friends. Another weakness is that I can’t live in any sort of routine – and so have no fixed time for meals and going to bed. And so, not very healthy. Also, currently unemployed.

I read a lot, as in a lot, as in ‘buys books before clothes’ type. I often end up missing my meal, too lost in reading. Another reason that I skip meals is because I hate cooking – no doubt I’m not too healthy. Reading is an addiction and I’m almost always reading many books at same time. Another addiction is music and I have headphones-on all day.

In fiction, I mostly read only widely acclaimed books. I like learning about cultures and so try to read more from parts of the world, I’ve been to. In non-fiction, I’ve interest in Economics, Psychology, Philosophy, Marketing science, history, journalism, political thought, religious thought etc.

I think it is relevant and so I will mention it – I’m an outspoken skeptic on question of religion with a very heavy leaning towards atheism. I hope to see an apathiest world, where 'God' and all religions will become something that can only interest historians.

There is not a lot on the plus side – except my friends say that I’m knowledgeable, have some fine analytical ability and can be witty. Although, may be they are just flattering me.

Beyond books, I love American comedy and sci-fi serials (special mention for Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes and F.R.I.E.N.D.S.); among movies ones from Christopher Nolan, Rajkumar Hirani, Disney, Pixar, Mavel comics, DC; dogs, also chess, chips, coke and chocolate. My diet was heavily affected by that ban on Maggie – one of a few things I know how to cook.

My ratings have are neither completely about enjoyment nor literary/critical value (whatever that means) -they are a way of sorting books in order which I could like to read them if I was to live my life again. If that was to happen, I could start with books I gave 5* and then go downwards in list.

Feel free to send a friend invite. I happen to be a very approachable person and will love talking about books - especially if our interests are shared. :)

IG - Sidharthyournightmarevardhan
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“When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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“Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

tags: goals, success

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“Making love with a woman and sleeping with a woman are two separate passions, not merely different but opposite. Love does not make itself felt in the desire for copulation (a desire that extends to an infinite number of women) but in the desire for shared sleep (a desire limited to one woman).”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

tags: love, monogamy, polygamy, sleep

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“The Greek word for "return" is nostos. Algos means "suffering." So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.”
― Milan Kundera, Ignorance

tags: memory, nostalgia, vocabulary

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“for there is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels with someone, for someone, a pain intensified by the imagination and prolonged by a hundred echoes.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

tags: compassion, empathy

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