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“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
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“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.”
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“You're always you, and that don't change, and you're always changing, and there's nothing you can do about it.”
― The Graveyard Book
― The Graveyard Book
“There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life.
" Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope.”
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" Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope.”
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Ellis’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ellis’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
95 books
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79 friends
499 books
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283 friends
142 books
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93 friends
331 books
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105 friends
9 books
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160 friends
198 books
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29 friends
27 books
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23 friends
3 books
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24 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Christian, Classics, Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Non-fiction, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Romance, Self help, and Travel
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