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“What does not engage our feelings does not long engage our thoughts either.”
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“the knowledge of true danger may cure us of false fears”
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“Not all toxic people are cruel and uncaring. Some of them love us dearly. Many of them have good intentions. Most are simply toxic to our being simply because their needs and way of existing force us to compromise ourselves and our happiness. They aren't inherently bad people, but they aren't the right people for us.”
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“The task of science is to stake out the limits of the knowable, and to center consciousness within them.”
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“At age twenty-six, Virchow wrote passionately that terrible social conditions in an impoverished part of Germany called Upper Silesia were the cause of a malaria and dysentery epidemic. His recommendation to the German government: if it wanted to do something about the epidemic, it needed to end the malnutrition, overcrowding, and poor hygiene. Better yet, he added, allow for a full and unlimited democracy in Upper Silesia.”
― Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World
― Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World
Carlijn’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Carlijn’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
84 books
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16 friends
92 books
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83 friends
495 books
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126 friends
151 books
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69 friends
137 books
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5,381 books
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51 books
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53 friends
69 books
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62 friends
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