Welcome to Bookmarker!

This is a personal project by @dellsystem. I built this to help me retain information from the books I'm reading.

Source code on GitHub (MIT license).

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subjective violence

But we should learn to step back, to disentangle ourselves from the fascinating lure of this directly visible 'subjective' violence, violence performed by a clearly identifiable agent.

—p.1 Introduction: (1) by Slavoj Žižek
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self-aggrandizing

There is achievement, but it is not a question of self-aggrandizing success.

—p.100 Is life what you make it? (78) by Terry Eagleton
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agape

This kind of activity is known as agape, or love, and has nothing to do with erotic or even affectionate feelings.

—p.95 Is life what you make it? (78) by Terry Eagleton
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coterie

It takes the meaning-of-life question out of the hands of a coterie of adepts or cognoscenti and returns it to the routine business of everyday existence.

—p.95 Is life what you make it? (78) by Terry Eagleton
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cognoscenti

It takes the meaning-of-life question out of the hands of a coterie of adepts or cognoscenti and returns it to the routine business of everyday existence.

—p.95 Is life what you make it? (78) by Terry Eagleton
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