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“Unlike stories, real life, when it has passed, inclines toward obscurity, not clarity.”
― The Story of the Lost Child
― The Story of the Lost Child
“But all this world is like a tale we hear -
Men's evil, and their glory, disappear.”
― Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
Men's evil, and their glory, disappear.”
― Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
“The urge to destroy is also a creative urge.”
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“It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it.”
― The Ascent of Man
― The Ascent of Man
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rose’s 2025 Year in Books
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