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Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.
“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life:
The Lord of the Rings
and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
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[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
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“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
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“Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.”
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“Then she said, “You go on. You just go on. There’s nothing more to it, and there’s no trick to make it easier. You just go on.” “What do you find on the other side? When you go on?” She shrugged. “Your life again. What else?”
― Memory
― Memory
“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
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John’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at John’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
559 books
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79 friends
1,213 books
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28 friends
1,207 books
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121 friends
727 books
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72 friends
1,645 books
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202 friends
1,024 books
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183 friends
578 books
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92 friends
727 books
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45 friends
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