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“For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use to be anything else.”
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“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
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“The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast,
and you miss all you are traveling for.”
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and you miss all you are traveling for.”
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“Up to a point a person’s life is shaped by environment, heredity, and changes in the world about them. Then there comes a time when it lies within their grasp to shape the clay of their life into the sort of thing they wish it to be. Only the weak blame parents, their race, their times, lack of good fortune or the quirks of fate. Everyone has the power to say, "This I am today. That I shall be tomorrow.”
― The Walking Drum
― The Walking Drum
“A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.”
― The Problem of Pain
― The Problem of Pain
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Vinny’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Vinny’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
401 books
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41 friends
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36 friends
583 books
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42 friends
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1 book
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46 friends
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