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Kurt is Currently Reading

Kurt is currently reading

Light in the Darkness: Black Holes, the Universe, and Us

by Heino Falcke

bookshelves: currently-reading, audio, non-fiction, science, philosophy

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May 01, 2026 08:15PM

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El Santo Evangelio Segun San Lucas

by Anonymous

bookshelves: currently-reading, non-fiction, religion, spanish

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Apr 21, 2026 02:24PM

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Einstein: His Life and Universe

by Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, biography, history, non-fiction, science

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Kurt’s Quotes

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom

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“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
― Ray Bradbury

tags: culture, reading

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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning

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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

tags: actions, disappointed, disappointment, dream, dreams, explore, misattributed-mark-twain, sail

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