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Nancy Dyer
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“There are quite enough unpleasant things in life without the need to manufacture more.”
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“I have arrived more definitely than any other painter during his lifetime; honours shower upon me from every side; artists pay me compliments on my work; there are many people to whom my position must seem enviable…. But I don’t seem to have a single real friend!”
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“When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.”
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“For the scientist, at exactly the moment of discovery—that most unstable existential moment—the external world, nature itself, deeply confirms his innermost fantastic convictions. Anchored abruptly in the world, Leviathan gasping on his hook, he is saved from extreme mental disorder by the most profound affirmation of the real.”
― The Making of the Atomic Bomb
― The Making of the Atomic Bomb
“If you want to write, you can. Fear stops most people from writing, not lack of talent, whatever that is. Who am I? What right have I to speak? Who will listen to me if I do? You’re a human being, with a unique story to tell, and you have every right. If you speak with passion, many of us will listen. We need stories to live, all of us. We live by story. Yours enlarges the circle.”
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Nancy’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Nancy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
436 books
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169 friends
523 books
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121 friends
0 books
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258 friends
47 books
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1,434 friends
0 books
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202 friends
89 books
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79 friends
9 books
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20 friends
7 books
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211 friends
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