Mike

Mike’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (70)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (338)
did-not-finish‎ (11)
fantasy‎ (127)
science-fiction‎ (80)
worth-rereading‎ (76)
military‎ (26)

historical‎ (19)
graphic-novel‎ (14)
space-opera‎ (13)
alternate-universe‎ (11)
nonfiction‎ (11)
library-loan‎ (9)
urban-fantasy‎ (6)
rpg‎ (5)

biography‎ (4)
humor‎ (4)
steampunk‎ (4)
short-stories‎ (3)
audiobook‎ (2)
pathfinder‎ (2)
programming‎ (2)
reference‎ (2)

cyberpunk‎ (1)
memoir‎ (1)
meta‎ (1)
science‎ (1)
shadowrun‎ (1)
superhero‎ (1)

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Mike’s Quotes

“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
― Terry Pratchett, Diggers

tags: humor, open-mind, thinking

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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
― Jim Henson

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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom

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“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

tags: death, humor, life

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“And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles.

So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

tags: america, books, politics

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