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“To the complaint, 'There are no people in these photographs,' I respond, There are always two people: the photographer and the viewer.”
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“A conservationist is one who is humbly aware that with each stroke [of the axe] he is writing his signature on the face of the land.”
― A Sand County Almanac
― A Sand County Almanac
“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
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“All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.”
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“If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth—certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank, exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than the evil; but if it is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn.”
― Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
― Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
Emily’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Emily’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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43 friends
1,298 books
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289 friends
523 books
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70 friends
845 books
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395 books
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1,446 books
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56 friends
599 books
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135 friends
715 books
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101 friends
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