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“I'm sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.”
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“Nothing in Christianity is original.”
― The Da Vinci Code
― The Da Vinci Code
“If a hiker gets lost in the mountains, people will coordinate a search. If a train crashes, people will line up to give blood. If an earthquake levels a city, people all over the world will send emergency supplies. This is so fundamentally human that it's found in every culture without exception. Yes, there are assholes who just don't care, but they're massively outnumbered by the people who do.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now that would be interesting.”
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“Every faith in the world is based on fabrication. That is the definition of faith―acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove. Every religion describes God through metaphor, allegory, and exaggeration, from the early Egyptians through modern Sunday school. Metaphors are a way to help our minds process the unprocessible. The problems arise when we begin to believe literally in our own metaphors.
Should we wave a flag and tell the Buddhists that we have proof the Buddha did not come from a lotus blossom? Or that Jesus was not born of a literal virgin birth? Those who truly understand their faiths understand the stories are metaphorical.”
― The Da Vinci Code
Should we wave a flag and tell the Buddhists that we have proof the Buddha did not come from a lotus blossom? Or that Jesus was not born of a literal virgin birth? Those who truly understand their faiths understand the stories are metaphorical.”
― The Da Vinci Code
Jake’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jake’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
93 books
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63 friends
313 books
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163 books
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26 books
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30 friends
187 books
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1,228 books
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66 friends
156 books
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203 books
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22 friends
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