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“Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.”
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“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
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“I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it.”
― The Sun Also Rises
― The Sun Also Rises
“From that visit I took away one lesson: Death is the price you pay for underestimating this tenacious enemy.”
― We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young: Ia Drang-The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
― We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young: Ia Drang-The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
“All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you: the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was. If you can get so that you can give that to people, then you are a writer.”
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Salem’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Salem’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
329 books
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11 friends
398 books
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18 friends
16 books
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2 friends
130 books
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10 friends
104 books
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5 friends
44 books
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5 friends
38 books
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3 friends
8 books
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3 friends
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