“Montaigne says, “Books are a languid pleasure,” but I find certain books vital and spermatic, not leaving the reader what he was; he shuts the book a richer man. I would never willingly read any other than such.”
― The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson
― The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it’s our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“This is all for the sake of the House,” he told himself, but behind his resolve he sensed, indistinctly, a certain effort at self-vindication, and the awareness hovered there like a barely perceptible halo around the moon.”
― Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories
― Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories
Rick’s 2024 Year in Books
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