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“Not "brook" [in German: Bach], but "sea" should he [Johann Sebastian Bach] be called because of his infinite, inexhaustible richness in tone combinations and harmonies.
(Nicht Bach! Meer sollte er heissen: wegen seines unendlichen, unerschoepflichen Reichtums an Tonkombinationen und Harmonien.)”
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(Nicht Bach! Meer sollte er heissen: wegen seines unendlichen, unerschoepflichen Reichtums an Tonkombinationen und Harmonien.)”
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“Big whirls have little whirls,
That feed on their velocity;
And little whirls have lesser whirls,
And so on to viscosity.”
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That feed on their velocity;
And little whirls have lesser whirls,
And so on to viscosity.”
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“While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.”
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“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
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“[Her life] had taken on the shape of a terrible mistake. She hadn't been given the proper tools to make a real life with, she decided, that was it. She'd been given a can of gravy and a hair-brush and told, "There you go." She'd stood there for years, blinking and befuddled, brushing the can with the brush.”
― Birds of America: Stories
― Birds of America: Stories
Carl’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Carl’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
306 books
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100 friends
1,829 books
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1,168 books
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27 friends
326 books
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76 friends
777 books
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11 friends
40 books
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1 friend
492 books
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351 friends
397 books
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266 friends
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