# Micro book summary

By [fixed star](https://paragraph.com/@fixed-star) · 2022-09-08

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Sometimes, I see us reading a book together and kissing. From my father's point of view, the greatest happiness is when I was young and read with a girl for the sake of my ideals, and then married her.

  

\--Orhan Pamuk, "The Redhead"

  

Relatives and lovers love each other, not each other's virtues.

  

——W.H. Auden, Preface and Postscript

  

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In all proper relationships, there is never anyone who sacrifices for anyone.

  

\--Ayn Rand, "The Fountain"

  

I think there comes a time in one's life when one needs to stick to one's decision. A moment to say "this is me, this is my choice".

  

\- Kazuo Ishiguro, "No Consolation"

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*Originally published on [fixed star](https://paragraph.com/@fixed-star/micro-book-summary)*