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Adrian

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Adrian is Currently Reading

Adrian is currently reading

Death and the Conjuror

by Tom Mead (Goodreads Author)

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Feb 04, 2026 02:34PM

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Apparitions: Ghosts of Old Edo

by Miyuki Miyabe

bookshelves: anthologies, japanese-literature, currently-reading

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Jul 28, 2025 03:05AM

She had been very fond of Adrian. Who could not be? He hadn’t a bone of malice in his body, never complained, always enthused, was optimistic to a fault, all of which was refreshing to someone who was inclined to occasional melancholy.

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Adrian’s Quotes

“A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: belief, delusions, faith, insanity

1791 likes

“Don't Panic.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

tags: h2g2, hitchhiker-s-guide, humor, panic

4709 likes

“The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets through many a dark night.”
― Nietzsche

tags: suicide

2528 likes

“Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: self-exploration

1572 likes

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: corruption, dark-side, fighting, monsters, soul

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