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“No one confessed the Machine was out of hand. Year by year it was served with increased efficiency and decreased intelligence. The better a man knew his own duties upon it, the less he understood the duties of his neighbor, and in all the world there was not one who understood the monster as a whole. Those master brains had perished.”
― The Machine Stops
― The Machine Stops
“How brief and magical it was that we all lived so close to each other and went in and out of each other’s rooms, and our most important job was to solve mysteries. The temporariness made it all the more important to do the right thing—to follow the right leads.”
― Either/Or
― Either/Or
“It’s hard to imagine a surer sign that one is dealing with an irrational economic system than the fact that the prospect of eliminating drudgery is considered to be a problem.”
― Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
― Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
“That had probably been written by a professor. I recognized the professor's characteristic delight at not imparting information.”
― Either/Or
― Either/Or
“There was something abstract and gentle about the experience of being ignored—a feeling of being spared, a known impossibility of anything happening—that was consonant with my understanding of love. In theory, of course, I knew that love could be reciprocated. It was a thing that happened, often, to other people. But I was unlike other people in so many ways.”
― Either/Or
― Either/Or
Maria’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Maria’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Favorite Genres
Classics, Contemporary, Fiction, History, Music, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Science, Science fiction, holland, cyberpunk, utopia, and steampunk
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