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“How many people we know who sour their lives, who ruin all that is sweet and beautiful by explosive tempers, who destroy their poise of character, and make bad blood! It is a question whether the great majority of people do not ruin their
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“For the first few moves, you were planning ahead, I could see that. You actually had a strategy then. But as soon as I broke that down, you gave up, you began playing one move at a time. Don’t you remember what I always used to tell you? Chess is all about maintaining coherent strategies. It’s about not giving up when the enemy destroys one plan, but to immediately come up with the next. A game isn’t won and lost at the point when the king is finally cornered. The game’s sealed when a player gives up having any strategy at all. When his soldiers are all scattered, they have no common cause, and they move one piece at a time, that’s when you’ve lost.”
― A Pale View of Hills
― A Pale View of Hills
“THE SUN NEVER SAYS Even
After
All this time
The sun never says to the earth, “You owe
Me.” Look
What happens
With a love like that,
It lights the
Whole
Sky.”
― The Gift: Poems Inspired by Hafiz, the Great Sufi Master
After
All this time
The sun never says to the earth, “You owe
Me.” Look
What happens
With a love like that,
It lights the
Whole
Sky.”
― The Gift: Poems Inspired by Hafiz, the Great Sufi Master
Thor’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Thor’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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8 friends
131 books
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21 books
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109 books
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212 books
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70 books
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31 books
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17 friends
44 books
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7 friends
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