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5 Monate hatte ich für die 2000-seitige Lektüre von Leo Tolstoi gebraucht. Es war mehr die schiere Anzahl an Seiten als die Schwierigkeit oder Langatmigkeit der Geschichte, die mich so lange hat brauchen lassen. ...

I have been reading my whole life. I was a very eager reader all through my childhood, reading fantasy series from The Magic Tree House to Harry Potter, and comics like Donald Duck, The Adventures of Tintin, and Asterix. Growing older, I got more interested in action and sci‑fi – Alex Rider, Blackout, and The Swarm – as well as history with All Quiet on the Western Front, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, and War and Peace. ...

After the first part About Life and Death and the second part About Life and Ethics below I’ll continue with quotes regarding About Life and Emotions. This is the final part of the series about the book “The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius”. ...

The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius really brought me into the stoic philosophy. After the initial part About Life and Death below I’ll continue with quotes regarding About Life and Ethics. ...

While reading the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, I saved some passages using Readwise that I would like to share here. ...