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But if you’ve seen a dead body, you know how they change the air: that huge silence, the absence strong as a black hole, time stopped and molecules frozen around the still thing that’s learned the final secret, the one he can never tell.
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“The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.”
― The Republic
― The Republic
“Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.”
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“Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.”
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“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
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“I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world."
[As quoted in Plutarch's Of Banishment]”
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[As quoted in Plutarch's Of Banishment]”
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Betty’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Betty’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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820 friends
278 books
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770 books
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952 books
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595 books
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907 books
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291 books
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24 books
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