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Abhilash Venkatesh

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Abhilash’s Bookshelves

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humor‎ (8)
social-fiction‎ (7)
history‎ (5)
mythology‎ (5)
short-stories‎ (5)

psychology‎ (3)
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Abhilash’s Notes & Highlights

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

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Abhilash’s Quotes

“Whenever I don’t know whether to fight or not, I fight.”
― Emily Murphy

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“Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.”
― Lorraine Hansberry

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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst

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“The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious.”
― Lester Bangs

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“And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

tags: earnestness, gullibility, honesty

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Read Runners — 1477 members — last activity Sep 26, 2025 12:24PM
We are 'Read Runners' - measuring our lives by pages read, books completed, and discussions had. Join us, if you enjoy reading - whether slow or quic ...more

Bangalore bookworms and bibliophiles (BBB) — 2800 members — last activity Sep 22, 2025 09:33PM
A place for book lovers of Bangalore to meet, connect and have conversations (online and real life!) Just discussion about books! By book lovers! No ...more

Kannada Book Readers — 391 members — last activity Sep 25, 2025 09:15PM
Kannada Book Readers Group: For All, interested in reading Kannada books, here is a place to share, discuss, review books on Kannada. The very fact ...more

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