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Ukrainian nationalists inhabited a social and political world that had been penetrated by communism. The Ukrainian nationalists’ mode of expression was sufficiently similar to that of the Soviets that the Germans and local Orthodox bishops
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“The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.”
― The Art of Loving
― The Art of Loving
“established views have frequently emerged not through a process of faultless reasoning, but through centuries of intellectual muddle. There may be no good reason for things to be the way they are.”
― The Consolations of Philosophy
― The Consolations of Philosophy
“Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.”
― The Art of Loving
― The Art of Loving
“Love could not induce us to take on the burden of propagating the species without promising us the greatest happiness we could imagine.”
― The Consolations of Philosophy
― The Consolations of Philosophy
“A mother, you son-of-a-bitch, is sacred!”
― The Last Wish
― The Last Wish
Ivan’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Ivan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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