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“My ambition is handicapped by laziness”
― Factotum
― Factotum
“Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.”
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“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.”
― A Man Without a Country
― A Man Without a Country
“The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.”
― The God Delusion
― The God Delusion
“1492. As children we were taught to memorize this year with pride and joy as the year people began living full and imaginative lives on the continent of North America. Actually, people had been living full and imaginative lives on the continent of North America for hundreds of years before that. 1492 was simply the year sea pirates began to rob, cheat, and kill them.”
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Arlette’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Arlette’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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128 friends
343 books
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1,394 books
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617 books
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128 friends
388 books
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81 books
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342 friends
36 books
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112 friends
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