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if only you knew how little i know about the things that matter, elio
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“Who had already become as mute as I was? who, like me, was calling fear love? and want, love? and need, love? Who, like me, knew that I had never changed my form since they had drawn me on the stone of a cave?”
— Clarice Lispector, The Passion According to G. H.
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impressive how cloud cuckoo land appears to have been written to make me cry all the time
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it's been a while since i did a book review post but i'm not sure if i can be normal about this one boys
cloud cuckoo land by anthony doerr is a novel about the preservation of a (fictional) diogenes play of the same name. but it's actually a book about five of God's most autistic soldiers and the ways in which this play shapes their lives. but it's actually a book about how books and stories give our lives meaning in the face of unthinkable horrors. but it's actually about the hope that his niece will feel better.
this book says it's all worth it. even the shit parts. maybe especially the shit parts. it says if you can make it to the end of the story maybe something beautiful will be waiting for you there.
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