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"I haven't read the preface which, along with the bibliography is 43 pages long, so the story only starts on page 47 and I've really only read 9 pages. Gosh, my French is rusty!!" — Jul 15, 2026 04:24AM
"I haven't read the preface which, along with the bibliography is 43 pages long, so the story only starts on page 47 and I've really only read 9 pages. Gosh, my French is rusty!!" — Jul 15, 2026 04:24AM
“Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.”
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“For some years he had felt weighing on him the burden of loneliness which sometimes overwhelms old bachelors. He had been strong, active and cheerful, spending his days in sport, and his evenings in amusement. Now he was growing dull, and no longer took interest in anything. Exercise tired him, suppers and even dinners made him ill, while women bored him as much as they had once amused him.”
― 88 Short Stories
― 88 Short Stories
“Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.”
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“It takes energy to get angry. It eats you up inside. I can't waste my energy like that and expect to get ahead. When they left, it took everything I had in me just to survive. Now I have to stay focused. I've just gotta take care of it myself' Joe Rantz”
― The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
― The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”
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