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“We teach people how to remember, we never teach them how to grow.”
― The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything
― The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything
“...Desire, a function central to all human experience, is the desire for nothing nameable. And at the same time this desire lies at the origin of every variety of animation. If being were only what it is, there wouldn’t even be room to talk about it. Being comes into existence as an exact function of this lack.”
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“What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe?
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“The reason we go to poetry is not for wisdom, but for the dismantling of wisdom”
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“What is the difference between a living thing and a dead thing? In the medical world, a clinical definition of death is a body that does not change. Change is life. Stagnation is death. If you don't change, you die. It's that simple. It's that scary.”
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Brian’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Brian’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
867 books
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55 friends
42 books
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52 friends
5 books
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835 friends
104 books
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30 friends
25 books
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33 friends
91 books
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25 friends
13 books
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121 friends
4 books
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48 friends
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Favorite Genres
Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Horror, Manga, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Science, Science fiction, Suspense, and Thriller
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