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There are very few moments in a man's existence when he experiences so much ludicrous distress, or meets with so little charitable commiseration, as when he is in pursuit of his own hat.
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“Between overstatement and understatement lies one hundred percent.”
― Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit
― Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit
“I try to follow these guidelines: 1. How, where, and when you give me feedback is irrelevant—it is the feedback I want and need. Understanding that it is hard to give, I will take it any way I can get it. From my position of social, cultural, and institutional white power and privilege, I am perfectly safe and I can handle it. If I cannot handle it, it’s on me to build my racial stamina. 2. Thank you.”
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
“To talk about the senselessness of the battle was to attribute sense to war itself.”
― Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit
― Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit
“And what hast thou gained by the government?" asked Ricote. "I have gained," said Sancho, "the knowledge that I am no good for governing,”
― Don Quixote
― Don Quixote
“The landlord replied he had no chickens, for the kites had stolen them.”
― Don Quixote
― Don Quixote
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Asaf’s 2025 Year in Books
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