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It is not logic or facts but our hopes and dreams, our hearts and our guts, that drive us to try new things.
“Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.”
― Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
― Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
“However, the balloon, lightened of heavy articles, such as ammunition, arms, and provisions, had risen into the higher layers of the atmosphere, to a height of 4,500 feet. The voyagers, after having discovered that the sea extended beneath them, and thinking the dangers above less dreadful than those below, did not hesitate to throw overboard even their most useful articles, while they endeavored to lose no more of that fluid, the life of their enterprise, which sustained them above the abyss.”
― The Mysterious Island
― The Mysterious Island
Julian’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Julian’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
458 books
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517 friends
397 books
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99 friends
104 books
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46 friends
14 books
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37 friends
201 books
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158 friends
234 books
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87 friends
115 books
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39 friends
258 books
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166 friends
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