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“Hopeful?” Bondi continued; “well, not really. I don’t see the world getting any better; like you I see it getting worse. I see liberty being strangled like a dog everywhere I look, I see my own country overwhelmed by ugliness and mediocrity and overcrowding, the land smothered under airstrips and superhighways, the natural wealth of a million years squandered on atomic bombs and tin automobiles and television sets and ball-point fountain pens. It’s a sorry sight indeed; I can’t blame you for wanting no part of it. But I’m not yet ready to withdraw, despite the horror of it. Even if withdrawal is possible, which I doubt.”
― The Brave Cowboy
― The Brave Cowboy
“that's not what I meant at all... that's not it at all.”
― The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
― The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
“Civilization has so cluttered this elemental man-earth relationship with gadgets and middlemen that awareness of it is growing dim. We fancy that industry supports us, forgetting what supports industry.”
― A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
― A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
Ryan’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ryan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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8 friends
197 books
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257 books
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250 books
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19 books
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15 books
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20 books
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