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Aleksandar is Currently Reading

Aleksandar is currently reading

Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories

by Algernon Blackwood

bookshelves: fiction, weird, 1-digital, currently-reading

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Aleksandar’s Quotes

“The best arguments in the world won't change a person's mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

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“How much you truly “believe” in something can be manifested only through what you are willing to risk for it.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

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“Going over the same piece of land again and again, learning where the obstructions are hidden, where the grass grows well and where poorly, is the original meaning of being the best in your field.”
― David Tresemer, The Scythe Book: Mowing Hay, Cutting Weeds, and Harvesting Small Grains with Hand Tools

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“People aren’t the apex species they think they are. Other creatures-bigger, smaller, slower, faster, older, younger, more powerful-call the shots, make the air, and eat sunlight. Without them, nothing.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

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“What you make from a tree should be at least as miraculous as what you cut down.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

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