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the film was the most effective and long-lasting source of racial propaganda in American history.
“But like you, I was made carefully, by a God who loved what He saw.”
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
“Does writing poetry make you brave? It is a good question to ask. I think making anything is a brave thing to do. Not like fighting brave, obviously. But a kind that looks at a horrible situation and doesn’t crumble. Making anything assumes there’s a world worth making it for.”
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
“Dear reader, you have to understand the point of all these stories. What they add up to. Schererazade was trying to make the king human again. She made him love life by showing him all of it, the funny parts about poop, the dangerous parts with demons, even the boring parts about what makes marriages last.
Little by little, he began to feel the joy and sadness of others.
He became less immune, less numb, because of the stories.”
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
Little by little, he began to feel the joy and sadness of others.
He became less immune, less numb, because of the stories.”
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
“among the failed startups, 80 percent never managed to innovate beyond their original vision for their companies. Among the successful startups, however, two-thirds had found success by discarding whatever founding vision had gotten them funded, because trial and error had led them to a new vision of success.”
― Competing in the New World of Work: How Radical Adaptability Separates the Best from the Rest
― Competing in the New World of Work: How Radical Adaptability Separates the Best from the Rest
“Reading is the act of listening and speaking at the same time, with someone you've never met, but love. Even if you hate them, it's a loving thing to do.
You speak someone else's words to yourself, and hear them for the first time.
What you're doing now is listening to me, in the parlor of your mind, but also speaking to yourself, thinking about the parts of me you like or the parts that aren't funny enough. You evaluate, like Mrs. Miller says. You think and wrestle with every word.”
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
You speak someone else's words to yourself, and hear them for the first time.
What you're doing now is listening to me, in the parlor of your mind, but also speaking to yourself, thinking about the parts of me you like or the parts that aren't funny enough. You evaluate, like Mrs. Miller says. You think and wrestle with every word.”
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
Jan’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
168 books
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172 friends
165 books
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22 friends
1,125 books
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117 friends
1,589 books
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221 friends
1,899 books
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294 friends
690 books
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31 friends
743 books
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114 friends
2,873 books
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60 friends
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