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From such circumstances a system of tribute—what the twentieth-century Mafia would call protection—developed. The peasants paid a portion of their harvest in order to be left alone. From another perspective, augmented with a bit of
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“And also don’t forget, the reason opportunity is often missed is that it usually comes disguised as hard work.”
― Trial
― Trial
“One seldom was able to do her a good turn without some thoughts of strangulation.”
― The Lady in the Van
― The Lady in the Van
“Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all”
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“Human knowledge is never contained in one person. It grows from the relationships we create between each other and the world, and still it is never complete.”
― When Breath Becomes Air
― When Breath Becomes Air
“Those burdens are what make medicine holy and wholly impossible: in taking up another’s cross, one must sometimes get crushed by the weight.”
― When Breath Becomes Air
― When Breath Becomes Air
Vishwanath’s 2024 Year in Books
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