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“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
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“Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?' In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even 'lame' is kind of lame. Saying 'You're lame' is like saying 'You walk with a limp.' Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself.”
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“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― 1984
― 1984
“[...]the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
― On the Road
― On the Road
James’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at James’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
305 books
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71 friends
148 books
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23 friends
29 books
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26 friends
324 books
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140 friends
175 books
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58 friends
735 books
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83 friends
147 books
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47 friends
573 books
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70 friends
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