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128 books
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200 voters
Ryan Asay
https://www.goodreads.com/madfrancis
Physical experiences, lacking the joys of love, depend on twists and perversions for pleasure. Abnormal pleasures kill the taste for normal ones.
“I, myself, am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.”
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“Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.”
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“No human relation gives one possession in another—every two souls are absolutely different. In friendship or in love, the two side by side raise hands together to find what one cannot reach alone.”
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“Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.”
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“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
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Ryan’s 2025 Year in Books
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