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‘if anyone were to propose to call men and to tell them to choose which of all laws were the best, on consideration each would choose his own’.
“All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been; it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.”
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“A writer needs four things to achieve greatness, Pasquale: desire, disappointment, and the sea.”
“That’s only three.”
Alvis finished his wine. “You have to do disappointment twice.”
― Beautiful Ruins
“That’s only three.”
Alvis finished his wine. “You have to do disappointment twice.”
― Beautiful Ruins
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“This instinctive repulsion which tradespeople inspire in men of sensitive feeling is one of the very rare consolations for being so impoverished which are given to those of us who don’t sell anything to anybody.”
― Journey to the End of the Night
― Journey to the End of the Night
“but for her it has been no shame to suffer labor, pain, exile, because in laboring I improved, in suffering I became experienced, in exile I learned, for I found daily rest in brief labor, immense joy in slight pain, and a broad homeland in my narrow exile.”
― Giordano Bruno: Philosopher/Heretic
― Giordano Bruno: Philosopher/Heretic
Phillip’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Phillip’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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