Brian Mikołajczyk

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Brian is Currently Reading

Brian Mikołajczyk is currently reading

Aid State: Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism, and the Battle to Control Haiti

by Jake Johnston

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The Lost Tune: Early works, 1913-1930

by Stanisław Szukalski

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Jan 29, 2026 05:14PM

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Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë

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Brian’s Notes & Highlights

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Peace of Mind: De Tranquillitate Animi by Seneca

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The position in which I find myself more especially (for why should I not tell you the truth as I would to a physician), is that of neither being thoroughly set free from the vices which I fear and hate, nor yet quite in bondage to them: my ...more

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Brian’s Quotes

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

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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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