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“Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.”
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“Sometimes, immersed in his books, there would come to him the awareness of all that he did not know, of all that he had not read; and the serenity for which he labored was shattered as he realized the little time he had in life to read so much, to learn what he had to know.”
― Stoner
― Stoner
“I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“You need not see what someone is doing to know if it is his vocation, you have only to watch his eyes: a cook mixing a sauce, as surgeon making a primary incision, a clerk completing a bill of lading, wear that same rapt expression, forgetting themselves in a function.
How beautiful it is, that eye-on-the-object look.”
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How beautiful it is, that eye-on-the-object look.”
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Joakim’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Joakim’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,312 books
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1,534 friends
1,499 books
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208 friends
3,540 books
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3,787 friends
325 books
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47 friends
425 books
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818 friends
1,453 books
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240 friends
478 books
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135 friends
1,093 books
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1,626 friends
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