Books I've read

• The Metamorphosis · Franz KafkaReading

  “Was he an animal if music could captivate him so?”

  Part III, David Wyllie translation

• The Art of Being Alone · Renuka GavraniFinished

  “There are some days when you miss yourself more than you have ever missed anyone else.”

  Chapter 1

• The Mountain Is You · Brianna WiestFinished

  “Instead of being understood, you're going to be seen.”

• The Brothers Karamazov · Fyodor DostoevskyFinished

  “Above all, avoid falsehood, every kind of falsehood, especially falseness to yourself.”

  Father Zossima, Constance Garnett translation

• Atomic Habits · James ClearFinished

  “Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.”

  Chapter 6

• Crime and Punishment · Fyodor DostoevskyFinished

  “Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.”

  Raskolnikov, Constance Garnett translation

• The Let Them Theory · Mel RobbinsFinished

  “The truth is, other people should be one of the greatest sources of happiness, support, and love in your life.”

• The Alchemist · Paulo CoelhoFinished

  “Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.”

  The alchemist, to Santiago

• Ikigai · Héctor García and Francesc MirallesFinished

  “Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years.”

  Japanese proverb, the book's epigraph

• Beyond Good and Evil · Friedrich NietzscheFinished

  “‘I did that,’ says my memory. ‘I could not have done that,’ says my pride, and remains inexorable. Eventually—the memory yields.”

  Aphorism 68, Helen Zimmern translation

• The Idiot · Fyodor DostoevskyFinished

  “What does grief matter—what does misfortune matter, if one knows how to be happy?”

  Prince Myshkin, Eva Martin translation

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