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“Who writes your name in letters of smoke among the stars of the south?
Oh let me remember you as you were before you existed.”
― Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
Oh let me remember you as you were before you existed.”
― Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
“Think of your many years of procrastination; how the gods have repeatedly granted you further periods of grace, of which you have taken no advantage. It is time now to realise the nature of the universe to which you belong, and of that controlling Power whose offspring you are; and to understand that your time has a limit set to it. Use it, then, to advance your enlightenment; or it will be gone, and never in your power again.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“The fencer’s weapon is picked up and put down again. The boxer’s is part of him. All he has to do is clench his fist.”
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“All energy flows according to the whims of the great Magnet. What a fool I was to defy him.”
― Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
― Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
“Do not ask your children
to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable,
but it is the way of foolishness.
Help them instead to find the wonder
and the marvel of an ordinary life.
Show them the joy of tasting
tomatoes, apples and pears.
Show them how to cry
when pets and people die.
Show them the infinite pleasure
in the touch of a hand.
And make the ordinary come alive for them.
The extraordinary will take care of itself.”
― The Parent's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Parents
to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable,
but it is the way of foolishness.
Help them instead to find the wonder
and the marvel of an ordinary life.
Show them the joy of tasting
tomatoes, apples and pears.
Show them how to cry
when pets and people die.
Show them the infinite pleasure
in the touch of a hand.
And make the ordinary come alive for them.
The extraordinary will take care of itself.”
― The Parent's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Parents
Jamie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jamie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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482 books
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334 books
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362 books
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184 friends
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65 friends
460 books
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1,740 books
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326 friends
326 books
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67 friends
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