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“We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“When every benefit received is a right, there is no place for good manners, let alone for gratitude.”
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“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“The loss of the religious understanding of the human condition—that Man is a fallen creature for whom virtue is necessary but never fully attainable—is a loss, not a gain, in true sophistication. The secular substitute—the belief in the perfection of life on earth by the endless extension of a choice of pleasures—is not merely callow by comparison but much less realistic in its understanding of human nature.”
― Our Culture, What's Left Of It
― Our Culture, What's Left Of It
Bernardo’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Bernardo’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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579 books
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77 friends
514 books
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188 friends
2,585 books
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72 friends
286 books
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76 friends
637 books
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112 friends
208 books
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195 books
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172 friends
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Favorite Genres
Biography, Classics, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Philosophy, Religion, and Science
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