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"I am reading this book on a recommendation and so far I am glad I splurged a bit on it. Really interesting reflections that are easy to connect with many remarks and impressions of my own from my time in China. Even though I am not a frequent reader of social science books, the essays are actually rather enjoyable and informative, not at all obscure nor difficult to process." — Dec 18, 2015 11:59AM
"I am reading this book on a recommendation and so far I am glad I splurged a bit on it. Really interesting reflections that are easy to connect with many remarks and impressions of my own from my time in China. Even though I am not a frequent reader of social science books, the essays are actually rather enjoyable and informative, not at all obscure nor difficult to process." — Dec 18, 2015 11:59AM
“Each person has a literature inside them.”
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“Show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy.”
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“But many of us seek community solely to escape the fear of being alone. Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.”
― All About Love: New Visions
― All About Love: New Visions
“Friendship is a simple thing, and yet complicated; friendship is on the surface, something natural, something taken for granted, and yet underneath one could find worlds.”
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“Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.”
― Beloved
― Beloved
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