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Sami Downing
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“I’m caught between my desire to understand and my desire to appear as though I already understand.”
― If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
― If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
“Pick a single creature on this earth and its story will be the earth’s story,
he suddenly thinks. It can tell you everything, that one creature. The whole
history of the world, the whole likely future of the world.”
― Orbital
he suddenly thinks. It can tell you everything, that one creature. The whole
history of the world, the whole likely future of the world.”
― Orbital
“We matter greatly and not at all. To reach some pinnacle of human achievement only to discover that your achievements are next to nothing and that to understand this is the greatest achievement of any life, which itself is nothing, and also much more than everything. Some metal separates us from the void; death is so close. Life is everywhere, everywhere.sm”
― Orbital
― Orbital
“The context for hope is radical uncertainty; anything could happen, and whether we act or not has everything to do with it.”
― How to Blow Up a Pipeline
― How to Blow Up a Pipeline
“people fall into three camps: those who hardly, if ever, see beauty, even when it strikes them between the eyes; those who recognize it only when it is made apparent to them; and those rare souls who find beauty everywhere they turn, even in the most unexpected places.”
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
Sami’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Sami’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
185 books
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26 friends
199 books
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53 friends
30 books
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13 friends
44 books
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22 friends
50 books
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7 friends
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