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“Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.”
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“To die will be an awfully big adventure.”
― Peter Pan
― Peter Pan
“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
Ryan’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Ryan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Manga, Mystery, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, Suspense, and Thriller
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