Larry Hansen

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Larry is Currently Reading

Larry Hansen is currently reading

In the Castle of My Skin

by George Lamming

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May 10, 2021 04:06PM

Larry Hansen is currently reading

The Complete Guide to Border Collies: Training, teaching, feeding, raising, and loving your new Border Collie puppy

by David Anderson

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Feb 17, 2021 02:58PM

Larry’s Notes & Highlights

Planted by Patrick Q. Mason

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10:11).

Being "hardwired to believe " is not necessarily a gift. Such people are often close minded, not curious, exclusive, bereft of empathy for anyone not likewise "hardwired". Some have unquestioning faith because uncertainty scares them shitless and others just find it easier to accept (i.e. be faithful) than go through the effort and anxiety of questioning one's basic beliefs.

Larry’s Quotes

“There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”
― Bertrand Russell

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“I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self; but my books were always my friends, let fail all else.”
― Joshua Slocum, Sailing Alone around the World

tags: alone, books, friends, solitude

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