The MarginalianFavorite Books of 2025
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Silence, Solitude, and the Art of Surrender: Pico Iyer on Finding the World in a Benedictine Monastery
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db"I’ve always seen travel as a means of transformation. Part of its beauty involves not just leaving your home, but leaving far behind your habits and the self that you recognize at home. When you’re in a foreign place, you can’t define yourself in the ways you’re used to, and therefore there’s a chance to become a slightly different self." --Pico Iyer
Marcus ReynoldsIn an age of speed nothing could be more invigorating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention. And in an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still. #IyerPico #PicoIyer #TheArtOfStillness
Kaito
Kaito"Religion was a drug to some and and drugs were a religion to others. In Kathmandu some people lapsed into a narcotic haze and called it Buddhist serenity, while others had opiate dreams and called them visions. "Drugs" and "gurus," they told themselves, were almost anagrams; the high and the holy were virtual synonyms."
— Pico Iyer: Video night in Kathmandu, pp. 83-84
"Every foreigner is a messenger from a world of dreams."
— Video night in Kathmandu, p. 16
"No man, they say, is an island; in the age of international travel, not even an island can remain an island for long."
John CarmichaelPicked Up Pieces 2023: Insights From Books Read
2023 was full of both wonder and horror, depending on which direction you were looking in and how immersed you were in your personal corner of the world. The
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#Reading #Learning #Lifestyle #PersonalGrowth #ArthurCBrooks #AwaKenzo #BillPerkins #BradStulberg #BrianPMoran #EdithHamilton #GaryKeller #JohnStevens #PicoIyer #WillAndArielDurant #WinifredGallagher
2023 was full of both wonder and horror, depending on which direction you were looking in and how immersed you were in your personal corner of the world. The
https://alexandersmap.com/2023/12/30/picked-up-pieces-2023-insights-from-books-read/
#Reading #Learning #Lifestyle #PersonalGrowth #ArthurCBrooks #AwaKenzo #BillPerkins #BradStulberg #BrianPMoran #EdithHamilton #GaryKeller #JohnStevens #PicoIyer #WillAndArielDurant #WinifredGallagher
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