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“A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls. Story-tellers and poets spend their lives learning that skill and art of using words well. And their words make the souls of their readers stronger, brighter, deeper.”
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“I do not care what comes after; I have seen the dragons on the wind of morning.”
― The Farthest Shore
― The Farthest Shore
“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring--it was peace.”
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“We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.”
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“The law of evolution is that the strongest survives!' 'Yes, and the strongest, in the existence of any social species, are those who are most social. In human terms, most ethical...There is no strength to be gained from hurting one another. Only weakness.”
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Matt’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Matt’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Classics, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science, and Science fiction
Polls voted on by Matt
Lists liked by Matt
