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“If utterance is denied, the thought lies like a burden on the man.”
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“Anyone with an internet connection has access to more high-quality information sources than Harvard professors 50 years ago could have dreamed of. It turns out that there just aren’t many people who want to take advantage of that.”
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“The spirit of faction outlived the cause of faction, and became itself the new and prolific source of a useless, endless strife.”
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“A good pursued too inflexibly may turn into a granite evil.”
― The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects
― The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects
“For who owns that car, or that washing machine, or that apartment? Not the man himself. The banks own them, the insurance companies, ultimately the State. They are his only on credit, on sufferance. Every month he lops off a bit of his life and labor and mails it to the bank, or the credit card company, or the Government. He is in thrall; and there is no foreseeable end to it.”
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Patrick’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Patrick’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
236 books
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11 friends
2,611 books
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156 friends
1,038 books
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284 friends
123 books
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1 friend
7 books
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1 friend
Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Business, Children's, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, Suspense, Sports, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult
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