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Leif Erik is Currently Reading

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Universal Harvester

by John Darnielle (Goodreads Author)

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Oct 31, 2024 08:21AM

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The Harafish

by Naguib Mahfouz

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Sep 22, 2024 10:40PM

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The Bright Sword

by Lev Grossman (Goodreads Author)

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Leif Erik’s Quotes

“The control man has secured over nature has far outrun his control over himself.”
― Ernest Jones

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“Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.”
― Reinhold Niebuhr, The Essential Reinhold Niebuhr: Selected Essays and Addresses

tags: democracy, justice

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“Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.”
― Pablo Picasso

tags: technology

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“He would read up on parenting, if he thought it would help, but his errors always seemed too basic for the manuals. "Always tell your kids they have siblings..." He couldn't imagine any child-raising guru taking the trouble to write that down. Maybe there was a gap in the market.”
― Nick Hornby, Juliet, Naked

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