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“Don’t let yourself be victimized by the age you live in. It’s not the times that will bring us down, any more than it’s society. When you put the blame on society, then you end up turning to society for the solution.
“We are our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.”
― Still Life with Woodpecker
― Still Life with Woodpecker
“If you believe in peace, act peacefully; if you believe in love, acting lovingly; if you believe every which way, then act every which way, that's perfectly valid - but don't go out trying to sell your beliefs to the system. You end up contradicting what you profess to believe in, and you set a bum example. If you want to change the world, change yourself.”
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“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire”
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“Curiosity, especially intellectual inquisitiveness, is what separates the truly alive from those who are merely going through the motions.”
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“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”
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Ray’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ray’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
969 books
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27 friends
486 books
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50 friends
125 books
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27 friends
433 books
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58 friends
39 books
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62 friends
293 books
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22 friends
130 books
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45 friends
47 books
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56 friends
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