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“Some want to live within the sound
Of church or chapel bell;
I want to run a rescue shop,
Within a yard of hell.”
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Of church or chapel bell;
I want to run a rescue shop,
Within a yard of hell.”
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“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
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“When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
― On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature
― On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
Phillip’s 2025 Year in Books
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387 books
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51 friends
291 books
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119 friends
1,851 books
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203 books
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272 books
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130 friends
182 books
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82 friends
170 books
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93 friends
607 books
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346 friends
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