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Brian is Currently Reading

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Caligula and Three Other Plays (Vintage International)

by Albert Camus

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American Inquisition: The Era of McCarthyism

by Ellen Schrecker

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The Fall (Vintage International)

by Albert Camus

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Why Orwell Matters by Christopher Hitchens

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Orwell’s own work is much preoccupied with the demoralizing effects of the freezing point, and not entirely free from the ancestral belief that a cold plunge is a good thing. But this gaunt and aloof person underwent his two crucial ...more

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Brian’s Quotes

“Liberties aren't given, they are taken.”
― Aldous Huxley

tags: freedom

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“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”
― Marcus Aurelius

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“There’s no such thing as a young refugee; every migrant has a past they’ve fled from, and how can you be young when you already have one life behind you?”
― Lev Golinkin, A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir

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“The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopt.”
― Mark Twain

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