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“I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But as much as I want to believe that, and despite the ancient and worldwide cultural traditions that assert an afterlife, I know of nothing to suggest that it is more than wishful thinking.”
― Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
― Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
“Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.”
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“All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses,
And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.”
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And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.”
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“Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets, but humbler folk may circumvent this restriction if they know how. To plant a pine, for example, one need be neither god nor poet; one need only own a shovel. By virtue of this curious loophole in the rules, any clodhopper may say: Let there be a tree - and there will be one.”
― A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
― A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
Wilma’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Wilma’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
415 books
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77 friends
348 books
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14 friends
226 books
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36 friends
435 books
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43 friends
363 books
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38 friends
298 books
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59 friends
192 books
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54 friends
37 books
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89 friends
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