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“It’s like the Federal Reserve,” Alex had said, “except secret and with people who are smart.”
“under the present brutal and primitive conditions on this planet, every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking wounded. we have never seen a man or woman not slightly deranged by either anxiety or grief. we have never seen a totally sane human being.”
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“Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.”
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“Never test for an error condition you don't know how to handle.”
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“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.”
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“The way I see it, being dead is not terribly far off from being on a cruise ship. Most of your time is spent lying on your back. The brain has shut down. The flesh begins to soften. Nothing much new happens, and nothing is expected of you.”
― Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
― Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
John’s 2025 Year in Books
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1,058 books
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26 books
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18 books
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58 books
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49 friends
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