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“There's more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. This is what I am and what I am about.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“The artist must possess the courageous soul that dares and defies”
― The Awakening and Selected Stories
― The Awakening and Selected Stories
“Muscles aching to work, minds aching to create - this is man.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
Jennifer’s 2025 Year in Books
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