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“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things..”
― Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
― Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.”
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“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
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“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Jingo
― Jingo
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
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Bruno’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Bruno’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,870 books
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4,532 friends
15,718 books
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1,445 friends
769 books
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153 friends
2,244 books
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3,362 friends
2 books
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172 friends
2,349 books
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1,327 friends
139 books
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42 friends
1,310 books
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202 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Classics, Comics, Fiction, Graphic novels, History, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Science, Science fiction, and Travel
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