Max Kalinin

Max’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (150)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (140)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
brilliant‎ (30)
full-on-brutality‎ (29)
masterpiece‎ (27)
no-holding-back‎ (24)

solid-5‎ (21)
one-of-a-kind‎ (19)
easy-read‎ (16)
gave-me-goosbumps‎ (15)
mind-blowing‎ (12)
revolutionary‎ (12)
damn-kids‎ (6)
i-can-quote-it-forever‎ (5)

meh‎ (5)
books-i-have-but-haven-t-read-yet‎ (4)
revenge‎ (4)
could-be-great-turned-out-meh‎ (3)
i-can-t-believe-they-made-a-tv-show‎ (3)
boring‎ (2)
i-expected-so-much-more‎ (2)
nostalgia‎ (2)

waste-of-paper‎ (2)
waste-of-time‎ (2)
why-did-i-bother-finishing-it‎ (2)
crap‎ (1)
i-literally-rolled-on-the-floor-lau‎ (1)
why-did-i-read-it‎ (1)

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“Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: books, morality, reading, writing

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“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
― Terry Pratchett, Diggers

tags: humor, open-mind, thinking

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“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
― Aldous Huxley, Complete Essays, Vol. II: 1926-1929

tags: fact, ignorance, truth

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“Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.”
― Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time

tags: humor

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“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: books, reading

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