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“The observations and encounters of a solitary, taciturn man are vaguer and at the same times more intense than those of a sociable man; his thoughts are deeper, odder and never without a touch of sadness. Images and perceptions that could be dismissed with a glance, a laugh, an exchange of opinions, occupy him unduly, become more intense in the silence, become significant, become an experience, an adventure, an emotion. Solitude produces originality, bold and astonishing beauty, poetry. But solitude also produces perverseness, the disproportionate, the absurd and the forbidden.”
― Death in Venice
― Death in Venice
“(...) nearly all the great things that exist owe their existence to a defiant despite: it is despite grief and anguish, despite poverty, loneliness, bodily weakness, vice and passion and a thousand inhibitions, that they have come into being at all.”
― Death in Venice
― Death in Venice
Miguel’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Miguel’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
59 books
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124 friends
506 books
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667 friends
151 books
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45 friends
199 books
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216 friends
1 book
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27 friends
1 book
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73 friends
18 books
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8 friends
1 book
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10 friends
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