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Isaac is Currently Reading

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Death with Interruptions

by José Saramago

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Past Lives: The Screenplay

by Celine Song

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The Woman Destroyed

by Simone de Beauvoir

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Isaac’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Their Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

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Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked ...more

May our People Triumph : Illustrated: Poem, Speeches, Letters and Interview of Congo’s Revolutionary Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba

by Patrice Lumumba

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Isaac’s Quotes

“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
― Voltaire

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“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life

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“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.”
― Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson

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“Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.”
― Eric Hoffer

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“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis

tags: identity, opinions

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