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“Yes, it is true that sometimes unusually intelligent and sensitive children can appear to be stupid. But stupid children can sometimes appear to be stupid as well. I think that's something you might have to consider.”
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
“Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a blank piece of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.”
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“And that," put in the Director sententiously, "that is the secret of happiness and virtue — liking what you've got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“...[A]nything worth dying for ... is certainly worth living for.”
― Catch-22
― Catch-22
“What is a country? A country is a piece of land surrounded on all sides by boundaries, usually unnatural. Englishmen are dying for England, Americans are dying for America, Germans are dying for Germany, Russians are dying for Russia. There are now fifty or sixty countries fighting in this war. Surely so many countries can't all be worth dying for.”
― Catch-22
― Catch-22
Umut’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Umut’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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71 books
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485 books
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25 books
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376 books
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358 books
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224 books
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86 books
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27 friends
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