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Russ Weeks
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I was suddenly overwhelmed by this deep, tar-like anger. Stuck to everything.
“Own your disappointment, acknowledge it for what it is, and move on.”
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
“It is not enough to simply teach children to read;
we have to give them something worth reading.
Something that will stretch their imaginations-
something that will help them make sense of their own lives
and encourage them to reach out toward people
whose lives are quite different from their own.”
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we have to give them something worth reading.
Something that will stretch their imaginations-
something that will help them make sense of their own lives
and encourage them to reach out toward people
whose lives are quite different from their own.”
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“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”
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“I was learning the craft of poetry, which really was an intensive version of what my mother had taught me all those years ago—the craft of writing as the art of thinking. Poetry aims for an economy of truth—loose and useless words must be discarded, and I found that these loose and useless words were not separate from loose and useless thoughts.”
― Between the World and Me
― Between the World and Me
Russ’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Russ’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,048 books
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81 friends
2,313 books
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102 friends
1,219 books
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115 friends
1,206 books
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111 friends
320 books
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1,033 books
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209 friends
2,577 books
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318 friends
302 books
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112 friends
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