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“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
“One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier.”
― The Story of My Life
― The Story of My Life
“Parents teach children discipline for two different, indeed diametrically opposed, reasons: to render the child submissive to them and to make him independent of them. Only a self-disciplined person can be obedient; and only such a person can be autonomous.”
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“Whoever submits himself to a super-discipline can expect great triumphs.”
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“You need three things to become a successful novelist: talent, luck and discipline. Discipline is the one element of those three things that you can control, and so that is the one that you have to focus on controlling, and you just have to hope and trust in the other two.”
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Hamid’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Hamid’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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