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Abby
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“Monsters exist,” wrote Primo Levi of his experience at Auschwitz. “But they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are . . . the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.”
“Over years of war it had been turned upside down, the constitution trampled, appointments made on whim and against the law.”
― Cleopatra
― Cleopatra
“Plato said that “the greatest mistake physicians make is that they attempt to cure the body without attempting to cure the mind; yet the mind and body are one and should not be treated separately”!”
― How To Stop Worrying & Start Living
― How To Stop Worrying & Start Living
“In Stalin’s paranoid police state, the safest way to ensure survival was to denounce someone else.”
― The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
― The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
“There were three possibilities for the future, predicted an exasperated Cicero, “endless armed conflict, eventual revival after a peace, and complete annihilation.”
― Cleopatra
― Cleopatra
“Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?”
― Meditations
― Meditations
Abby’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Abby’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
780 books
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145 friends
1,290 books
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69 friends
580 books
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79 friends
1,125 books
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67 friends
38 books
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112 friends
246 books
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60 friends
0 books
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68 friends
78 books
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106 friends
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