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“Whenever I’m worried about anything,” said this guy Ben, “I like to think about China. China has a population of like two billion people, and not one of them even remotely cares about whatever you think is so important.” I acknowledged that this was a great comfort. Svetlana”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“When I was a child, luxury was fur coats, evening dresses, and villas by the sea. Later on, I thought it meant leading the life of an intellectual. Now I feel that it is also being able to live out a passion for a man or a woman.”
― Simple Passion
― Simple Passion
“What was “Cinderella,” if not an allegory for the fundamental unhappiness of shoe shopping?”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“I experienced pleasure like a future pain.”
― Simple Passion
― Simple Passion
“And the memories of all we have loved stay and come back to us in the evening of our life. They are not dead but sleep, and it is well to gather a treasure of them.”
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
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Benedict’s 2025 Year in Books
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