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“I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.”
― L'Étranger
― L'Étranger
“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.”
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“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
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“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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“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”
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Literature and the Human Condition with Mr. Leon
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"Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider." --Sir Francis Ba ...more
Sean’s 2024 Year in Books
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