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Matt is Currently Reading

Matt Watson is currently reading

Wagner and Philosophy

by Bryan Magee

bookshelves: biography, philosophy, opera, currently-reading

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Oct 27, 2025 10:26AM

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Wake-Robin (Large Print Edition)

by John Burroughs

bookshelves: currently-reading, fiction

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Nov 08, 2023 07:47PM

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A Handbook for New Stoics: How to Thrive in a World Out of Your Control―52 Week-by-Week Lessons

by Gregory Lopez (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: philosophy, currently-reading, personal-development

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Matt’s Quotes

“If you don't turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else's story.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

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“Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

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“And this ‘rebooting’ business? Give it a good kicking, do you?” “Oh, no, of course, we…that is…well, yes, in fact,” said Ponder. “Adrian goes round the back and…er…prods it with his foot. But in a technical way,” he added.”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

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“HUMAN BEINGS MAKE LIFE SO INTERESTING. DO YOU KNOW, THAT IN A UNIVERSE SO FULL OF WONDERS, THEY HAVE MANAGED TO INVENT BOREDOM. (Death)”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

tags: apathy, boredom, cynism, ennui, humor

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“If you trust in yourself. . .and believe in your dreams. . .and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men

tags: aspiration, dream, work

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