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“The physical body is acknowledged as dust, the personal drama as delusion. It is as if the world we perceive through our senses, that whole gorgeous and terrible pageant, were the breath-thin surface of a bubble, and everything else, inside and outside, is pure radiance. Both suffering and joy come then like a brief reflection, and death like a pin.”
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“Wholeness, she had learned, was not the absence of pain but the ability to hold it.”
― The Sword of Kaigen
― The Sword of Kaigen
“Nobody likes being alone that much. I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. It just leads to disappointment. ”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“Listen, son… when I was your age, I had to face truths that seemed to break the world. That’s what happens when you come into contact with people who aren’t quite like you. You learn over time that the world isn’t broken. It’s just… got more pieces to it than you thought. They all fit together, just maybe not the way you pictured when you were young.”
― The Sword of Kaigen
― The Sword of Kaigen
Arun’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Arun’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,199 books
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102 friends
941 books
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1,953 friends
1,571 books
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144 friends
1 book
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204 friends
53 books
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59 friends
310 books
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221 friends
224 books
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327 friends
1,167 books
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300 friends
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