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“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
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“Learn the rules, break the rules, make up new rules, break the new rules.”
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“If you took the most ardent revolutionary, vested him in absolute power, within a year he would be worse than the Tsar himself.”
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“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
Pakistani Readers
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For Pakistani Readers, authors and every one who like books.
South Asian Literature
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For readers around the world interested in literature from or about South Asia! Countries of interest include India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhut ...more
NonFiction Pulitzers
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A group to read the General Nonfiction, Biography/Autobiography, and History Books that won or were a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
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Finance Only
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This group is dedicated to non-fiction books, specifically about finance and related topics.
Kumail’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Kumail’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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