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One’s friend can be identified in an instant amid a crowd, but so, he suggested, can a disease, if you know what you are looking for.
“The obligation to endure gives us the right to know”
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“By acquiescing in an act that can cause such suffering to a living creature, who among us is not diminished as a human being?”
― Silent Spring
― Silent Spring
“Once again we are walking in nature like an elephant In a china cabinet”
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“Incidents like the eastern Illinois spraying raise a question that is not only scientific but moral. The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized”
― Silent Spring
― Silent Spring
“Idealizes life with only its head out of water, inches above the limit of toleration of the corruption of its own environment… Why should we tolerate a diet of weak poisons, a home in insipid surroundings, a circle of acquaintances who are not quite our enemies, the noise of motors with just enough relief to prevent insanity? Who would want to live in a world which is just not quite fatal”
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Omer’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Omer’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,189 books
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100 friends
26 books
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28 friends
28 books
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40 friends
16 books
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89 friends
1 book
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19 friends
1 book
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187 friends
46 books
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47 friends
157 books
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287 friends
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