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Moral improvement occurs most reliably when the heart is warmed, when we come into contact with people we admire and love and we consciously and unconsciously bend our lives to mimic theirs.
Great line about how transformation is a happy combination of what moves the brain and what strikes the heart.
“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
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“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
― Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
“So many books, so little time.”
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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
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Simone’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Simone’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
389 books
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187 friends
206 books
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24 friends
759 books
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131 friends
301 books
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35 friends
416 books
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118 friends
133 books
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191 friends
443 books
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96 friends
1,000 books
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149 friends
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