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Any technological advance can be dangerous. Fire was dangerous from the start, and so (even more so) was speech—and both are still dangerous to this day—but human beings would not be human without them.
“To be nobody but
yourself in a world
which is doing its best day and night to make you like
everybody else means to fight the hardest battle
which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.”
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yourself in a world
which is doing its best day and night to make you like
everybody else means to fight the hardest battle
which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.”
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“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
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with your one wild and precious life?”
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“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”
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“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
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Mary’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mary’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
214 books
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53 friends
3,870 books
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21 friends
2,200 books
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89 friends
2,289 books
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65 friends
735 books
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50 friends
1,383 books
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12 friends
1,852 books
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139 friends
1,082 books
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71 friends
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