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Peace of mind is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.

Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char (Gandhi)

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C.S. Lewis, from “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”

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"here lie those who loved life and could not find a way to live it" x

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“Well, surviving alone is much the same as dying alone, don’t you think?”

- Sachi Tokita

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Last read of 2023 :))

📖 : The Forest Of Wool And Steel by Natsu Miyashita

"It doesn’t hurt so much to lose out on things if you never hoped for them in the first place. What really hurts is having things right there in front of you, and wanting them, and not being able to reach them."

"Bright, quiet, crystal-clear writing that evokes fond memories that seems a touch sentimental yet is unsparing and deep, writing as lovely as a dream, yet as exact as reality."

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You should be allowed to cruise in bookstores

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you don’t understand— i need to be here. need.

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History is just resilient....!

"History unravels gently, like an old sweater. It has been patched and darned many times, reknitted to suit different people, shoved in a box under the sink of censorship to be cut up for the dusters of propaganda, yet it always – eventually – manages to spring back into its old familiar shape. History has a habit of changing the people who think they are changing it. History always has a few tricks up its frayed sleeve. It’s been around a long time."

From Mort by Terry Pratchett, Discworld series.

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And a woman spoke, saying, "Tell us of Pain."

And he said: Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.

And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy;

And you would accept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields.

And you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief.

Much of your pain is self-chosen.

It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.

Therefore trust the physician, and drink his remedy in silence and tranquillity:

For his hand, though heavy and hard, is guided by the tender hand of the Unseen,

And the cup he brings, though it burn your lips, has been fashioned of the clay which the Potter has moistened with His own sacred tears.

Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

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I want to find work that is worth spending a lifetime on

- Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Tales from the cafe

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“When people fall in love with love they fling themselves into the abyss.”

Marina Tsvetaeva,

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The Residenz, Munich, Germany

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Rare English Words

Epoch – a particular period of time in history or a person’s life

Intransigent – refusing to agree or compromise

Beamish – bright, cheerful, optimistic

Insouciant – free from worry, concern, or anxiety

Veridical – truthful

Effulgent – shining forth brilliantly; radiant

Venetus – having the color of the deep blue sea

Orphic – mysterious and entrancing; beyond ordinary understanding

Eldritch – eerie; weird; spooky

Esoteric – intended for or likely to be understood by only a select few; private; secret

Rout – to howl as the wind; make a roaring noise

Aeonian – eternal; everlasting

Verendus – to be feared; worthy of reverence; giving an appearance of aged goodness

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Jihyun Yun, from Some Are Always Hungry; “Reversal”

[Text ID: “I so want to survive this. Please lead me whole into another season so I may dare begin again.”]