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Now I understand one of the important reasons for going to college and getting an education is to learn that the things you’ve believed in all your life aren’t true, and that nothing is what it appears to be.
“The mountains are calling and I must go.”
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“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms...”
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“In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.”
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“The world's big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.”
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“The sun shines not on us but in us.”
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Mauro’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Mauro’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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8 friends
286 books
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0 books
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315 books
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410 friends
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