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“Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.”
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“If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.”
― Essays, Letters and Miscellanies
― Essays, Letters and Miscellanies
“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
“There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.”
― An Apology for Idlers
― An Apology for Idlers
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.”
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Charlene’s 2025 Year in Books
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