Ryan Kelley
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“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum....”
― The Common Good
― The Common Good
“An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. "Can they be brought together?" This is a practical question. We must get down to it. "I despise intelligence" really means: "I cannot bear my doubts.”
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“Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count on no one but himself; that he is alone, abandoned on earth in the midst of his infinite responsibilities, without help, with no other aim than the one he sets himself, with no other destiny than the one he forges for himself on this earth.”
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Ryan Kelley’s 2025 Year in Books
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Adult Fiction, African American, Art, Biography, Book Club, Business, Classics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, Thriller, and Travel
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