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   Evarrr (communeva@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 16:40:13 JST Evarrr

   When I read, I have adopted a practice called "florilegia". It loosely translates to flower picking and it's a practice (traditionally a religious one) of copying down favorite quotes from a book that you can then revisit and enjoy, like a bouquet of flowers that you've picked from a garden. So it's not like an excerpt, really more of a collection of words that spoke to you. They can be funny or intriguing or anything else.
   I thought I'd explain this so I can share some of my #florilegia here.

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     Evarrr (communeva@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 17:13:59 JST Evarrr

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     "most of us are guilty of that with our loved ones : we get stuck in a routine and we look at them like we've always looked at them, without seeing the person they've become, or the person they strive to be."
     #florilegia from the collected regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer.

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     Evarrr (communeva@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 17:14:01 JST Evarrr

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     "extended solitude was always a fickle thing. At first it soothed, swaddling me from the chaos and expectations of being human. Then in an instant it shifted from rejuvenation to numbing isolation."
     #florilegia from the collected regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer.

     Monika repeated this.