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“Don’t be afraid, Queen, the blood has long run down into the earth. And on the spot where it was spilled, grapevines are growing today.”
― The Master and Margarita
― The Master and Margarita
“In any case, the storm that's going to fall will be the one falling when it falls.”
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“Nothing could be decently hated except eternity.”
― The Leopard
― The Leopard
“Temples and tochkas lay covered in scaly coats of clocks and measuring instruments, and every gap in between was filled with the friction and disorder of some lampstand, kitchen utensil, mirror window bottle doorpostboxcarouselectorpedometerrariumbilicalendartboardwalkmandalandminesweeperiscope …”
― Sisyphean
― Sisyphean
“Love and honor. They are the two great things, and now they’re dimmed and blighted. Today, love is just sex and sentimentality. Love is really a recognition of truth, a recognition of another person’s integrity and truth in a way that is compatible with — that makes both of you light up when you recognize the quality in the other. That’s what love is. It’s a recognition of singularity… And love is giving and giving and giving … not looking for any return. Until you do that, you can’t love.”
― Conversations with Robert Graves
― Conversations with Robert Graves
Ruan’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Ruan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
4,205 books
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1,010 friends
988 books
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9 friends
186 books
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9 friends
135 books
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20 friends
390 books
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71 friends
140 books
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29 friends
423 books
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953 friends
413 books
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1,081 friends
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