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“She was widely read enough to appreciate my literary wit but not so widely read that she knew my sources. I like that in a woman.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“faith is the art of holding on to things in spite of your changing moods and circumstances.”
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“Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“Why does each thing on the earth war against each other thing? Why does each small thing in the world have to fight against the world itself? Why does a fly have to fight the whole universe? Why does a dandelion have to fight the whole universe? For the same reason that I had to be alone in the dreadful Council of the Days. So that each thing that obeys law may have the glory and isolation of the anarchist. So that each man fighting for order may be as brave and good a man as the dynamiter. So that the real lie of Satan may be flung back in the face of this blasphemer, so that by tears and torture we may earn the right to say to this man, 'You lie!' No agonies can be too great to buy the right to say to this accuser, 'We also have suffered.”
― The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
― The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
Chris’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Chris’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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