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“It wasn't an excuse. It was a fact. He'd had to make his way alone, and no one—not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses — ever makes it alone.”
― Outliers: The Story of Success
― Outliers: The Story of Success
“For, so inconsistent is human nature, especially in the ideal, that not to undertake a thing at all seems better than to undertake and come short.”
― Uncle Tom’s Cabin
― Uncle Tom’s Cabin
“He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced--or seemed to face--the whole eternal world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
Francis’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Francis’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
373 books
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52 friends
887 books
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138 friends
209 books
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102 friends
1,344 books
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51 friends
1,968 books
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67 friends
250 books
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77 friends
383 books
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86 friends
338 books
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37 friends
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