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There was plenty to see, he thought. A great, unseen hand depressed the keys of the city, sounding notes held constant in the many windows, a thousand little squares of humming light. These seemed to float independently, since the tall
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“embrace change, but keep pursuing your goals”
― Clarity & Connection
― Clarity & Connection
“Men often commit verbicide because they want to snatch a word as a party banner, to appropriate its “selling quality.”
― On Writing (and Writers): A Miscellany of Advice and Opinions
― On Writing (and Writers): A Miscellany of Advice and Opinions
“maturity is knowing that when your mood is down you should not trust the way you see yourself”
― Clarity & Connection
― Clarity & Connection
“Politics in modern society, then, must involve a tension between two conflicting, but complementary principles: liberty, which preserves individuals, and authority, which preserves society.”
― How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything In It
― How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything In It
“I’m feeling the full force of the guilt of being unable to keep up, of having now fallen so far behind that I can’t imagine a way back in. That grinding mix of grief, exhaustion, lost will, lost hope. My only tenable position is to retreat into a dignified silence, but that’s not what I want at all. I want to give an account of myself, force everyone else to understand.”
― Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
― Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
Erikka’s 2024 Year in Books
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