“There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.”
― Moby-Dick; or, the Whale
― Moby-Dick; or, the Whale
“Like water, be gentle and strong. Be gentle enough to follow the natural paths of the earth and strong enough to rise up and reshape the world”
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“Maybe the definition of home is the place where you are never forgiven. So you may always belong there, bound by guilt. And maybe the cost of belonging is worth it.”
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“Age is no better, hardly so well, qualified for an instructor as youth, for it has not profited so much as it has lost.”
― Walden & Civil Disobedience
― Walden & Civil Disobedience
RBCM Golden Reads
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Inspired by the Royal British Columbia Museum's feature exhibition, Gold Rush! El Dorado in British Columbia, this book club will read fiction and non ...more
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