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“This has ever been the fate of energy in security; it takes to art and eroticism, and then come languor and decay.”
― The Time Machine
― The Time Machine
“To truly esteem oneself means that one must be capable of feeling shame or self-disgust when one does not live up to a certain standard”
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“This, indeed this, is bitterness for my bowels, that I can endure you neither naked nor clothed, you men of today. All that is uncanny in the future and all that has ever made fugitive birds shudder is surely more comfortable and cozy than your “reality.” For thus you speak: “Real are we entirely, and without belief or superstition.” Thus you stick out your chests—but alas, they are hollow!”
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
“Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and their freedoms”
― Starship Troopers
― Starship Troopers
“But this august dignity I treat of, is not the dignity of kings and robes, but that abounding dignity which has no robed investiture. Thou shalt see it shining in the arm that wields a pick or drives a spike; that democratic dignity which, on all hands, radiates without end from God; Himself! The great God absolute! The centre and circumference of all democracy! His omnipresence, our divine equality!”
― Moby Dick: or, the White Whale
― Moby Dick: or, the White Whale
Paul’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Paul’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
718 books
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21 friends
154 books
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6 friends
224 books
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18 friends
650 books
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25 friends
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