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“A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.”
― Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers
― Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
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“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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“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.”
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“He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced--or seemed to face--the whole eternal world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
Kevin’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Kevin’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
455 books
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206 friends
696 books
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23 friends
660 books
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32 friends
523 books
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128 friends
9 books
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36 friends
181 books
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73 friends
1 book
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25 friends
1 book
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13 friends
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Favorite Genres
Book Club, Classics, Crime, Ebooks, Fiction, Graphic novels, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, and Thriller
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