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“It occurs to me that we allow ourselves to imagine only such messages as we need to survive.”
― The Year of Magical Thinking
― The Year of Magical Thinking
“To deny one's own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one's own life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.”
― De Profundis
― De Profundis
“According to the moral absolutism that characterizes McCandless's beliefs, a challenge in which a successful outcome is assured isn't a challenge at all.”
― Into the Wild
― Into the Wild
“It made him feel invisible—not that he wanted to feel anything else.”
― Oryx and Crake
― Oryx and Crake
“But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest.
Maybe none of this is about control. Maybe it isn't really about who can own whom, who can do what to whom and get away with it, even as far as death. Maybe it isn't about who can sit and who has to kneel or stand or lie down, legs spread open. Maybe it's about who can do what to whom and be forgiven for it. Never tell me it amounts to the same thing.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
Maybe none of this is about control. Maybe it isn't really about who can own whom, who can do what to whom and get away with it, even as far as death. Maybe it isn't about who can sit and who has to kneel or stand or lie down, legs spread open. Maybe it's about who can do what to whom and be forgiven for it. Never tell me it amounts to the same thing.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
Jindřiška’s 2024 Year in Books
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