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“Our understanding of our world is systematically biased to perceive meaning rather than randomness and to infer cause rather than coincidence.”
― The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us
― The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us
“Maybe your boy went to school too long,” Mr. Robichaux advised. “They got plenty communiss in them colleges.”
― A Confederacy of Dunces
― A Confederacy of Dunces
“And if beauty is terror then what is desire?
We think we have many desires, but in fact, we have only one what is it?
To live
To live forever”
― The Secret History
We think we have many desires, but in fact, we have only one what is it?
To live
To live forever”
― The Secret History
“ConaLee, there is no forever. We are on our walk and the day is fine.”
― Night Watch
― Night Watch
Madly Jane’s 2025 Year in Books
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