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When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it’s a sign to reject it.
“Every dictator gets rid of the artist first... They burn the books and execute the artist first... Art might do something. It's dangerous.”
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“I have nothing to say, and I am saying it, and that is poetry.”
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“Everybody has the right to form their own opinion and read what they like and come to their own conclusion about it... I trust the reader.”
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“All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current concepts, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently the first condition of progress is the removal of censorships. There is the whole case against censorships in a nutshell.”
― Mrs. Warren's Profession
― Mrs. Warren's Profession
“THE BURNING OF THE BOOKS
When the Regime commanded that books with harmful knowledge
Should be publicly burned and on all sides
Oxen were forced to drag cartloads of books
To the bonfires, a banished
Writer, one of the best, scanning the list of the
Burned, was shocked to find that his
Books had been passed over. He rushed to his desk
On wings of wrath, and wrote a letter to those in power.
Burn me! he wrote with flying pen, burn me! Haven't my books
Always reported the truth? And here you are
Treating me like a liar! I command you:
Burn me!”
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When the Regime commanded that books with harmful knowledge
Should be publicly burned and on all sides
Oxen were forced to drag cartloads of books
To the bonfires, a banished
Writer, one of the best, scanning the list of the
Burned, was shocked to find that his
Books had been passed over. He rushed to his desk
On wings of wrath, and wrote a letter to those in power.
Burn me! he wrote with flying pen, burn me! Haven't my books
Always reported the truth? And here you are
Treating me like a liar! I command you:
Burn me!”
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Robert’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Robert’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
160 books
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187 friends
1,543 books
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167 friends
1,418 books
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3,623 friends
1,072 books
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2,094 friends
376 books
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32 friends
365 books
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354 friends
2,561 books
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4,527 friends
376 books
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319 friends
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