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"Jewelry is symbol and signifier, a tangible stand-in for intangible things. It can mean not just wealth and power but also safety and home. It can evoke glamour or success or just your mom’s bed."

"But it’s not all bad news. The unusual focus and intensity that goes along with this disorder has helped me to hone my skills as a professional double bass player and later, as a composer of silent film scores. On a personal level, I am honest, dependable and straightforward. I love deeply and always try to do my best. I don’t play mind games. I don’t know how." I'm already in love with this book.

This next year may be busy with learning how to navigate taking care of a special needs toddler and a newborn at once. But, it's no excuse to break my multi-year streak of reading a book a week. Getting back on Goodreads to help with accountability.

I probably should have remembered just how hard I find Freud's early work before I jumped into this one last night.The only reason I ever visit his actual writings is to try and glean a different angle on his relationship with Jung. I've promised myself I'll finish this today. But, man, it's not going on the 'that was fun' list.

Because, when Ambien doesn't put you to sleep, the least it can do is keep you awake.

BY 1762, ROUSSEAU had become one of the most controversial figures in Europe. In the Confessions, he looked back at “the cry of execration that went up against me across Europe, a cry of unparalleled fury. … I was an infidel, an atheist, a lunatic, a madman, a wild beast, a wolf.”

Cool find from the used bookstore....

The only person on Earth not watching Breaking Bad, it seems.

I don't know why I didn't start reading Bolano earlier!