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“You get a little moody sometimes but I think that's because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.”
― The Prince of Tides
― The Prince of Tides
“The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
― The Diary of a Young Girl
― The Diary of a Young Girl
“The Savage interrupted him. "But isn't it natural to feel there's a God?"
"You might as well ask if it's natural to do up one's trousers with zippers," said the Controller sarcastically. "You remind me of another of those old fellows called Bradley. He defined philosophy as the finding of bad reason for what one believes by instinct. As if one believed anything by instinct! One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them. Finding bad reasons for what one believes for other bad reasons–that's philosophy. People believe in God because they've been conditioned to.”
― Brave New World
"You might as well ask if it's natural to do up one's trousers with zippers," said the Controller sarcastically. "You remind me of another of those old fellows called Bradley. He defined philosophy as the finding of bad reason for what one believes by instinct. As if one believed anything by instinct! One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them. Finding bad reasons for what one believes for other bad reasons–that's philosophy. People believe in God because they've been conditioned to.”
― Brave New World
Tracie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Tracie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
466 books
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108 friends
547 books
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38 friends
376 books
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202 friends
645 books
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7 friends
7 books
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31 friends
84 books
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152 friends
157 books
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180 friends
544 books
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211 friends
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Favorite Genres
Classics, Fiction, History, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, Science, Science fiction, and Travel
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