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“Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn’t have you by the throat.”
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“It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause”
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“If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn’t value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic?”
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“He is not one: he is afraid. What is he afraid of? When you want to understand something you stand in front of it, alone, without help: all the past in the world is of no use. Then it disappears and what you wanted to understand disappears with it.”
― Nausea
― Nausea
“I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me than a book. I saw the library as a temple.”
― The Words: The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre
― The Words: The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre
Philip’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Philip’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
101 books
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1,446 friends
482 books
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5 friends
2,286 books
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46 friends
580 books
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25 friends
436 books
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52 friends
195 books
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15 friends
984 books
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196 friends
259 books
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233 friends
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