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“It's interesting how young poets think of death while old fogies think of girls.”
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“What is stronger in us — passion or habit? Or are all the violent impulses, all the whirl of our desires and turbulent passions, only the consequence of our ardent age, and is it only through youth that they seem deep and shattering?”
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“The Greek word for "return" is nostos. Algos means "suffering." So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.”
― Ignorance
― Ignorance
“We are all exceptional cases. We all want to appeal against something! Each of us insists on being innocent at all cost, even if he has to accuse the whole human race and heaven itself.”
― The Fall
― The Fall
“No matter how fierce was the passion that gripped him, the fact is he was paralyzed, transfixed by the contemplation of his own past. Only something so momentous as to drive from his consciousness all thoughts of before and after could have propelled him forward. And with his eyes fixed on the past, he had no choice but to continue along its trajectory.”
― Kokoro
― Kokoro
Jon’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jon’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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122 friends
1,247 books
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1 book
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0 books
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0 books
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54 books
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