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What upset the Rebbe in particular was Plato’s social philosophy, his advocacy of the abolition of the nuclear family and his belief that children should be taken away from their parents. Plato claimed that parents influence children to be
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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Where there are wars, there will be crows, the carrion-fanciers. And ravens too, the warbirds, the eyeball gourmands. And vultures, the holy birds of yore, old connoisseurs of rot.”
― MaddAddam
― MaddAddam
“Society tends to underestimate the harm caused by bad sleep and many of us subject ourselves to avoidable harm by routinely going to bed late, getting up early, and having low-quality sleep in between. Just as those in extreme environments cope better when they get good sleep, most of us would feel better if we slept better.”
― Extreme: Why some people thrive at the limits
― Extreme: Why some people thrive at the limits
“America’s great talent, I think, is to generate desires that would never have occurred, natively, to a body like mine, and to make those desires so painfully real that money becomes a fiction, an imaginary means to some concrete end.”
― Sleep Donation
― Sleep Donation
“Chaos is indeed the normal state of affairs on the battleground, and no army has figured out a way to plan effectively for, let alone alleviate, the so-called fog of war. When the military is confronted with the fratricidal carnage that predictably results, denial and dissembling are its time-honored responses of first resort.”
― Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
― Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
Ask Mary Roach - Wednesday, April 10th!
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Join us on Wednesday, April 10th for a special discussion with author Mary Roach! Mary will be discussing her work, including her most recent book Gul ...more
Gabriel’s 2025 Year in Books
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