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Okay, so ... inspired by the 25th Anniversary Les Mis concert, as well as a couple of beers ... I might've kind of pledged to finally read this last night? Starting today? Eek. Well, my word is good. Now I need to go find my copy ...Found it! Holy &* ...more "
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"I am 300 pages from the end of this book. I know I can do it. But man, am I tired of Victor Hugo's rambling right now." — Jul 24, 2014 01:09PM
"I am 300 pages from the end of this book. I know I can do it. But man, am I tired of Victor Hugo's rambling right now." — Jul 24, 2014 01:09PM
But where, after we have made the great decision to leave the security of childhood and move on into the vastness of maturity, does anybody ever feel completely at home?
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“Remember this, for it is as true and true gets: Your body is not a lemon. You are not a machine. The Creator is not a careless mechanic. Human female bodies have the same potential to give birth well as aardvarks, lions, rhinoceri, elephants, moose, and water buffalo. Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body.”
― Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
― Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
“Like our bodies and like our desires, the machines we have devised are possessed of a heart which is slowly reduced to embers.”
― The Rings of Saturn
― The Rings of Saturn
“There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
“Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional.”
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“In the shop window you have promptly identified the cover with the title you were looking for. Following this visual trail, you have forced your way through the shop past the thick barricade of Books You Haven't Read, which are frowning at you from the tables and shelves, trying to cow you...And thus you pass the outer girdle of ramparts, but then you are attacked by the infantry of Books That If You Had More Than One Life You Would Certainly Also Read But Unfortunately Your Days Are Numbered. With a rapid maneuver you bypass them and move into the phalanxes of the Books You Mean To Read But There Are Others You Must Read First, the Books Too Expensive Now And You'll Wait Till They're Remaindered, the Books ditto When They Come Out in Paperback, Books You Can Borrow From Somebody, Books That Everybody's Read So It's As If You Had Read Them, Too. ”
― If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
― If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
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