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Joseph Addison
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”
Joseph Addison

Carter G. Woodson
“No man knows what he can do until he tries.”
Carter Godwin Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro

William Blake
“To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.”
William Blake, Auguries of Innocence

Fernando Pessoa
“My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.”
Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

H. Jackson Brown Jr.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

year in books
Carlos ...
53 books | 394 friends

Charlotte
2,473 books | 154 friends

Dre
Dre
1,022 books | 273 friends

Mary
247 books | 34 friends





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