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“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life:
The Lord of the Rings
and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
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[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
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“To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”
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“[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.”
― It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider
― It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider
“To know oneself is, above all, to know what one lacks. It is to measure oneself against Truth, and not the other way around. The first product of self-knowledge is humility . . .”
― Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
― Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.”
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Erica’s 2025 Year in Books
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