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“Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaining it.”
― Erotism: Death and Sensuality
― Erotism: Death and Sensuality
“The shadow escapes from the body like an animal we had been sheltering.”
― Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation
― Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation
“And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover,
To entertain these fair well-spoken days, —
I am determined to prove a villain,
And hate the idle pleasures of these days.”
― Richard III
To entertain these fair well-spoken days, —
I am determined to prove a villain,
And hate the idle pleasures of these days.”
― Richard III
“Love ceases to be a demon only when he ceases to be a god.”
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“Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel!”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
Christopher’s 2025 Year in Books
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2,458 books
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38 books
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53 friends
448 books
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35 friends
1,046 books
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63 books
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