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Deirdre Conroy
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“You can't measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange.”
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“Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
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“I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till i drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.”
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“Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way”
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Definitely Read. Sometimes ride. Sometimes write.
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Deirdre’s 2025 Year in Books
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561 books
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60 books
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41 books
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115 books
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91 books
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