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“It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's acts.”
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“It should not be denied... that being footloose has always exhilarated us. It is associated in our minds with escape from history and oppression and law and irksome obligations, with absolute freedom, and the road has always led West.”
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“When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.”
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“Sooner or later in life everyone discovers that perfect happiness is unrealizable, but there are few who pause to consider the antithesis: that perfect unhappiness is equally unattainable. The obstacles preventing the realization of both these extreme states are of the same nature: they derive from our human condition which is opposed to everything infinite.”
― Survival in Auschwitz
― Survival in Auschwitz
“...the sea's only gifts are harsh blows and, occasionally, the chance to feel strong. Now, I don't know much about the sea, but I do know that that's the way it is here. And I also know how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong, to measure yourself at least once, to find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions, facing blind, deaf stone alone, with nothing to help you but your own hands and your own head...”
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Jake’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jake’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,008 books
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133 friends
2,602 books
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76 friends
472 books
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19 friends
860 books
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109 friends
202 books
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25 friends
375 books
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34 friends
440 books
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2 friends
1,133 books
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16 friends
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Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, Art, Biography, Business, Chick-lit, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Manga, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, Sports, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult
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