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“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.”
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“Humanity is now faced with a stark choice: Evolve or die. … If the structures of the human mind remain unchanged, we will always end up re-creating the same world, the same evils, the same dysfunction.”
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“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Your worst enemy, he reflected, was your own nervous system. At any moment the tension inside you was liable to translate itself into some visible symptom.”
― 1984
― 1984
“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
Brinley’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Brinley’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
155 books
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11 friends
4,269 books
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24 friends
1,415 books
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18 friends
1,146 books
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70 friends
101 books
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74 friends
288 books
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56 friends
66 books
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12 friends
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