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“And the pleasures and rewards of the intellect are inseparable from angst, uncertainty, conflict and even despair.”
― Letters to a Young Contrarian
― Letters to a Young Contrarian
“Allow a friend to believe in a bogus prospectus or a false promise and you cease, after a short while, to be a friend at all.”
― Letters to a Young Contrarian
― Letters to a Young Contrarian
“For the professors in the academy, for the humanities generally, misery is more amenable to analysis: happiness is a harder nut to crack.”
― Saturday
― Saturday
“I want to urge you very strongly to travel as much as you can, and to evolve yourself as an internationalist. It's as important a part of your education as a radical as the reading of any book.”
― Letters to a Young Contrarian
― Letters to a Young Contrarian
“The words 'Very finely played, sir, I believe' were formed in his gullet if not in his mouth when he caught the cold and indeed inimical look and heard the whisper, 'If you really must beat the measure, sir, let me entreat you to do so in time, and not half a beat ahead.”
― Master & Commander
― Master & Commander
Matthew’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Matthew’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
648 books
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124 friends
2,697 books
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78 friends
99 books
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44 friends
1,137 books
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167 friends
470 books
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70 friends
882 books
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101 friends
2,120 books
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124 friends
749 books
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25 friends
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