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“It's hard to make something that's interesting. It's really, really hard. It's like a law of nature, a law of aerodynamics, that anything that's written or anything that's created wants to be mediocre. The natural state of all writing is mediocrity... So what it takes to make anything more than mediocre is such an act of will...”
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“It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”
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“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”
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Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”
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“The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.”
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“The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude; to lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation. The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace.”
― The Awakening
― The Awakening
Jake’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jake’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
418 books
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85 friends
179 books
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68 friends
89 books
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23 friends
261 books
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104 friends
89 books
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85 friends
93 books
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1,204 friends
1,098 books
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165 friends
80 books
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388 friends
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