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"First 3 chapters in, feeling hella grim. Thousand years history of old pederastic Roman culture, might be a while before I wrap my head around to pick up the book and read it again.
A friend suggested to skip to chapter 11 right away if I'm not comfortable with all that triggering histories. I might as well tear the book in half!" — Sep 15, 2018 06:18AM
"First 3 chapters in, feeling hella grim. Thousand years history of old pederastic Roman culture, might be a while before I wrap my head around to pick up the book and read it again.
A friend suggested to skip to chapter 11 right away if I'm not comfortable with all that triggering histories. I might as well tear the book in half!" — Sep 15, 2018 06:18AM
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.”
― The Candymakers
― The Candymakers
“Blood does not family make. Those are relatives. Family are those with whom you share your good, bad, and ugly, and still love one another in the end. Those are the ones you select.”
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“We study history not to know the future but to widen our horizons, to understand that our present situation is neither natural nor inevitable, and that we consequently have many more possibilities before us than we imagine.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“If you come at four in the afternoon, I'll begin to be happy by three.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
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This a book club for anybody interested in reading existentialist literature and fiction. Every month I'll be putting up a new text either by an exist ...more
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