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Ah, happiness courts the light, so we deem the world is gay, but misery hides aloof, so we deem that misery there is none.
“We realized that life, even the worst life, consists of an alternation of joys and sorrows, successes and failures, and there was no need to fear the failures more than the successes.”
― Kolyma Tales
― Kolyma Tales
“For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,Must give us pause”
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“When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction.”
― Who Is Mark Twain?: Unpublished Personal Papers and Essays―Twenty-Six Works of Humor and Satire
― Who Is Mark Twain?: Unpublished Personal Papers and Essays―Twenty-Six Works of Humor and Satire
“I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least,
Nor do I understand who there can be more wonderful than myself.”
― Song of Myself
Nor do I understand who there can be more wonderful than myself.”
― Song of Myself
“There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.”
― The Origin of Species
― The Origin of Species
Jack’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jack’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
108 books
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21 friends
257 books
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6 friends
595 books
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7 friends
370 books
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96 friends
184 books
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14 friends
166 books
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32 friends
190 books
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3 friends
0 books
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1 friend
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Favorite Genres
Biography, Classics, Crime, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Memoir, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Suspense, and Sports
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