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"This one should count for, like, 5 books on my "books I've read this year" count-thingy." — Jun 09, 2015 01:55PM
"This one should count for, like, 5 books on my "books I've read this year" count-thingy." — Jun 09, 2015 01:55PM
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"Well, I apparently had a shitload of office supplies, kitchen gadgets, unneeded cleaning supplies, and generic "stuff." I think we're still on pace to get rid of about 55 to 60% of our stuff (based on our keep vs. give-discard piles)." — Jun 03, 2016 01:47PM
"Well, I apparently had a shitload of office supplies, kitchen gadgets, unneeded cleaning supplies, and generic "stuff." I think we're still on pace to get rid of about 55 to 60% of our stuff (based on our keep vs. give-discard piles)." — Jun 03, 2016 01:47PM
“Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience.”
― The Experience of God : Being, Consciousness, Bliss
― The Experience of God : Being, Consciousness, Bliss
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
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“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.”
― Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel
― Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel
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― Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
― Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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― To Kill a Mockingbird
― To Kill a Mockingbird
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