my toxic (most fabulous?) trait ia that anytime I want to read a book I start hunting down an old/first edition. if itโs a new book, I look for a stylized hardcover. like I just cannot bring myself to purchase a mass market paperback with a glossy print and a penguin on the cover.
currently hunting east of eden. itโs...
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I recommend putting your vpn to actual use by signing up for SBS australia to watch the new count of monte cristo with sam claflin. the story is exquisite, and this adaptation was mesmerizing.
not sure why we get troves of trash on us streaming and I had to go hunt down this treasure on an ad-supported foreign platfor...
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fascinating. I could never get over mercedes and edmond not ending up together. we all want to sleep easy in the happily ever after but dumasโ refusal to erase the injustice + mercedes being unwilling to subjugate herself to edmondโs mercy for love is a good frame, and is likely is part of why the story endured.
if ...
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by one measure, every emotion is some configuration of love or the absence of it. some emotions, like joy, are quietly rarified because they can only exist on the precondition of a love that you carry, not something temporary. sadness is the weight of a disconnect from love. hope is a bridge to, elation is an expansion...
๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ. ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ถ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ...