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“If you close your door to the world of books, the gates of the world of ignorance automatically opens and quickly pulls you inside!”
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“To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.”
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“When Fascism came into power, most people were unprepared, both theoretically and practically. They were unable to believe that man could exhibit such propensities for evil, such lust for power, such disregard for the rights of the weak, or such yearning for submission. Only a few had been aware of the rumbling of the volcano preceding the outbreak.”
― Escape from Freedom
― Escape from Freedom
“Many believers use truth as a license to righteously diminish others’ reputations.”
― Disciplines of a Godly Man
― Disciplines of a Godly Man
“Snowdrops
Do you know what I was, how I lived? You know
what despair is; then
winter should have meaning for you.
I did not expect to survive,
earth suppressing me. I didn’t expect
to waken again, to feel
in damp earth my body
able to respond again, remembering
after so long how to open again
in the cold light
of earliest spring—
afraid, yes, but among you again
crying yes risk joy
in the raw wind of the new world.”
― Poems, 1962-2012
Do you know what I was, how I lived? You know
what despair is; then
winter should have meaning for you.
I did not expect to survive,
earth suppressing me. I didn’t expect
to waken again, to feel
in damp earth my body
able to respond again, remembering
after so long how to open again
in the cold light
of earliest spring—
afraid, yes, but among you again
crying yes risk joy
in the raw wind of the new world.”
― Poems, 1962-2012
Olga’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Olga’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
499 books
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148 friends
551 books
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27 friends
306 books
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79 friends
9 books
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288 friends
70 books
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39 friends
42 books
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64 friends
24 books
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7 friends
1 book
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104 friends
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