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“Reading enables me to maintain a sense of something substantive– my ethical integrity, my intellectual integrity.”

Work

This book delves into the theme of being alone, examining its psychological, social, and philosophical implications. The essays within offer insights into the experience of solitude, its challenges, and its potential for personal growth. more

Author

Jonathan Franzen

American contemporary novelist, known for his profound social insight and unique literary style. His works include 'The Corrections' and 'Freedom'. more

“The world was so beautiful when regarded like this, without searching, so simply, in such a childlike way. Moons and stas were beautiful, beautiful were bank and stream, forest and rocks, goat and gold-bug, flower and butterfly. So lovely, so delightful to go through the world this way, so like a child, awake, open to what is near, without distrust.”

World Way Children Beautiful Rocks Flower Moon Gold Lovely Forests Awake Streams Butterfly Delightful Distrust Bugs Goats Childlike

Book:Siddhartha

Source: Siddhartha

“Don't mind me. I'm as happy as a cricket here.”

Mind Cricket

Book:Little Women Coloring Book

Source: Little Women Coloring Book

“I didn't realize we were being watched. We were all being watched”

Realizing

Author:Jerry Spinelli

“Enjoy the journey, because the destination is a mirage.”

Enjoy Journey Destination Enjoy Life Appreciate Life Mirages Enjoy The Journey

Book:Greater: Dream bigger. Start smaller. Ignite God's Vision for Your Life

Source: Greater: Dream bigger. Start smaller. Ignite God's Vision for Your Life

“Don't cry so bitterly, but remember this day, and resolve with all your soul that you will never know another like it.”

Knows Soul Remember Cry Your Soul Resolve This Day

Book:Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…

Source: Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…

“Nothing bubbled up from the depths. For once, the present was so alive and captivating that the past was not even an echo or a shadow-she was, in this moment, wiped clean.”

Moments Past Alive Shadow Clean Depth Echoes Captivating Lover Reborn

Book:Lover Reborn: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood

Source: Lover Reborn: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood

“There is no God, there is only what you want.”

Want What You Want There Is No God

Author:Janet Fitch

“Not according to this," Jazz said, taking the report. "No evidence of sexual activity or anything like it." "Well, there's that," Howie said, sounding relieved. Jazz wondered at that - was it really so much better to be unmolested, but still murdered in a horrible fashion? To die in pain and terror, stripped, left in a field, your fingers cut off? But as long as you weren't raped, well, that was alright, then? Did it really matter at that point?”