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“Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.”
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“The great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do.”
― The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction, 1948-1985
― The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction, 1948-1985
“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”
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“We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.”
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“Another glorious Sierra day in which one seems to be dissolved and absorbed and sent pulsing onward we know not where. Life seems neither long nor short, and we take no more heed to save time or make haste than do the trees and stars. This is true freedom, a good practical sort of immortality.”
― My First Summer in the Sierra
― My First Summer in the Sierra
Jwest87’s 2025 Year in Books
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