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Kartik Chauhan
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“She had the perpetual sense, as she watched the taxi cabs, of being out, out, far out to sea and alone; she always had the feeling that it was very, very, dangerous to live even one day.”
― Mrs. Dalloway
― Mrs. Dalloway
“If I know what love is, it is because of you.”
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“A perverse nature can be stimulated by anything. Any book can be used as a pornographic instrument, even a great work of literature if the mind that so uses it is off-balance. I once found a small boy masturbating in the presence of the Victorian steel-engraving in a family Bible.”
― A Clockwork Orange
― A Clockwork Orange
“It may be important to great thinkers to examine the world, to explain and despise it. But I think it is only important to love the world, not to despise it, not for us to hate each other, but to be able to regard the world and ourselves and all beings with love, admiration and respect.”
― Siddhartha
― Siddhartha
“To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at people and institutions, to compensate for the shortage of love in the world with more love in small, private matters; to be more faithful in our work, to show greater patience, to forgo the cheap revenge obtainable from mockery and criticism: all these are things we can do. ”
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Kartik’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Kartik’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
774 books
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629 friends
483 books
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50 friends
873 books
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22 friends
623 books
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1,037 friends
427 books
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177 friends
441 books
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40 friends
1,528 books
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632 friends
73 books
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203 friends
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