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Joanne Hegedus
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“Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
“No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.”
― The Lost Princess of Oz
― The Lost Princess of Oz
“The artist must bow to the monster of his own imagination.”
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“Take a moment from time to time to remember that you are alive. I know this sounds a trifle obvious, but it is amazing how little time we take to remark upon this singular and gratifying fact. By the most astounding stroke of luck an infinitesimal portion of all the matter in the universe came together to create you and for the tiniest moment in the great span of eternity you have the incomparable privilege to exist.”
― I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
― I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
“Not one of your pertinent ancestors was squashed, devoured, drowned, starved, stranded, stuck fast, untimely wounded, or otherwise deflected from its life's quest of delivering a tiny charge of genetic material to the right partner at the right moment in order to perpetuate the only possible sequence of hereditary combinations that could result -- eventually, astoundingly, and all too briefly -- in you.”
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
Joanne’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Joanne’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
213 books
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82 friends
33 books
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20 friends
16 books
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52 friends
0 books
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14 friends
0 books
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58 friends
1 book
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53 friends
2 books
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22 friends
Favorite Genres
Biography, Book Club, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Non-fiction, Politics, Psychology, Science, Self help, and War
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