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Books.

October was not a productive reading month for me.

I'm still reading Reborn by Susan Sontag and The Mirror and the Palette by Jennifer Higgie, both wonderful nonfiction books. Since November is nonfiction month, I've set myself the goal of finishing them within this month.

Anyway, I would love to share a couple of quotes with you:

No such thing as a temptation. A temptation is a desire, a lust like any other - but one that we regret afterwards + wish undone (or that we know beforehand we will regret after). So it`s no excuse to say, “I didn`t mean to do it. I was tempted + I couldn`t resist.” All one can honestly say is, “I did it. I`m sorry I did it.”

― Susan Sontag, Reborn

I want to finish this and then read her collection of short stories “Debriefing”, because I want to see how all her feelings thoughts, and ideas translate into fiction. Then I will read her non-fict…

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