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Instead, most Romans seem to have craved the power and authority of Augustus even more.
“Nothing is worth doing pointlessly.”)”
― A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
― A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
“This is an interesting planet. It deserves all the attention you can give it.”
― Gilead
― Gilead
“There’s a lot under the surface of life, everyone knows that. A lot of malice and dread and guilt, and so much loneliness, where you wouldn’t really expect to find it, either.”
― Gilead
― Gilead
“You can know a thing to death and be for all purposes completely ignorant of it. A man can know his father, or his son, and there might still be nothing between them but loyalty and love and mutual incomprehension.”
― Gilead
― Gilead
“Sometimes I have loved the peacefulness of an ordinary Sunday. It is like standing in a newly planted garden after a warm rain. You can feel the silent and invisible life. All it needs from you is that you take care not to trample on it.”
― Gilead
― Gilead
Pete’s 2025 Year in Books
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186 books
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