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“And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all. The white race believes—believes with all its heart—that it is their right to take the land. To kill Indians. Make war. Enslave their brothers. This nation shouldn’t exist, if there
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“maybe the difference between memories and recollections is that memories mean something for the person who has them; they represent moments in the past that have had a particularly formative impact. We like to think—at least, I like to think—that such memories tell us something about who we are deep down and who we wish to be.”
― A Year in the Woods: Twelve Small Journeys into Nature
― A Year in the Woods: Twelve Small Journeys into Nature
“People are, when all is said and done, often very different.”
― A Year in the Woods: Twelve Small Journeys into Nature
― A Year in the Woods: Twelve Small Journeys into Nature
“philosophy of friluftsliv: free time, freedom, stillness, contemplation, a state of being that is close to the original state from which we came.”
― A Year in the Woods: Twelve Small Journeys into Nature
― A Year in the Woods: Twelve Small Journeys into Nature
“Nostalgia has to do with reason. And reason is humankind’s foremost advantage in the struggle for existence.”
― A Year in the Woods: Twelve Small Journeys into Nature
― A Year in the Woods: Twelve Small Journeys into Nature
“when I went out to get the newspaper from the mailbox in the morning. This trivial task is, in my opinion, completely underrated as a natural experience. You have just risen, and in this untarnished state you walk outside. The air wakes you up. Or nature does.”
― A Year in the Woods: Twelve Small Journeys into Nature
― A Year in the Woods: Twelve Small Journeys into Nature
Lyon’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Lyon’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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121 books
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806 books
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309 books
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688 books
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295 books
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374 books
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