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“The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.”
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“Like the generations of leaves, the lives of mortal men. Now the wind scatters the old leaves across the earth, now the living timber bursts with the new buds and spring comes round again. And so with men: as one generation comes to life, another dies away.”
― The Iliad
― The Iliad
“She came leaping towards me, like Lady Macbeth coming to get first-hand news from the guest-room.”
― Joy in the Morning
― Joy in the Morning
“A man's grammar, like Caesar's wife, should not only be pure, but above suspicion of impurity.”
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“God said, "Thou shalt not kill" - does the theft of a little money make it quite all right for us to do so? If it's said that this commandment applies only to illegal killing, what's to prevent human beings from similarly agreeing among themselves to legalize certain types of rape, adultery, or perjury? Considering that God has forbidden us even to kill ourselves, can we really believe that purely human arrangements for the regulation of mutual slaughter are enough, without any divine authority, to exempt executioners from the sixth commandment? Isn't that like saying that this particular commandment has no more validity than human laws allow it? - in which case the principle can be extended indefinitely, until in all spheres of life human beings decide just how far God's commandments may conveniently be observed.”
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William’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at William’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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44 friends
546 books
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551 books
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479 books
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720 books
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94 books
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129 books
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261 books
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72 friends
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