“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
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“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”
― Emerson in His Journals
― Emerson in His Journals
“Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.”
― Self Reliance
― Self Reliance
Allen’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Allen’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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