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“A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.”
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“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”
― The Innocents Abroad / Roughing It
― The Innocents Abroad / Roughing It
“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.”
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“It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.”
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Ali’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Ali’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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160 books
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194 books
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351 books
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169 books
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Art, Biography, Classics, Crime, Fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult
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