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David is Currently Reading

David is currently reading

Centauri Dawn (Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, Book 1)

by Michael Ely

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The Complete Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

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David’s Quotes

“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
― Mark Twain

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“Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed!”
― C. J. Cherryh

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“Enough or not...it will have to do”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

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“Constitutions become the ultimate tyranny," Paul said. "They’re organized power on such a scale as to be overwhelming. The constitution is social power mobilized and it has no conscience. It can crush the highest and the lowest, removing all dignity and individuality. It has an unstable balance point and no limitations.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah

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“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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