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Sean Chou

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“The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known. If there were no speaking or writing, there would be no truth about anything. There would only be what is.”
― Susan Sontag, The Benefactor

tags: ignorance, knowledge, truth-telling, wisdom

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“He came. He left. Nothing else had changed. I had not changed. The world hadn't changed. Yet nothing would be the same. All that remains is dreammaking and strange remembrance.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

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“The nation that will insist on drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking done by cowards.”
― William Francis Butler, Charles George Gordon

tags: cowardice, fighting, renaissance-man, thinking, well-roundedness

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“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Airman's Odyssey

tags: design, exupery, perfection

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“Somerset Maugham once wrote that in each shave lies a philosophy. I couldn't agree more. No matter how mundane some action might appear, keep at it long enough and it becomes contemplative, even meditative act.”
― Haruki Murakami

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The BookClub — 20 members — last activity Apr 11, 2020 12:28PM
Every reader is welcome here!

Japanese Literature — 5685 members — last activity 8 hours, 49 min ago
A group for people who enjoy literature written by Japanese authors, the arts, culture, and history of Japan. July 2026: Strange Buildings by Uketsu ...more

mishima — 44 members — last activity Mar 28, 2021 03:41PM
a group for fans of Yukio Mishima

EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club — 28888 members — last activity 5 hours, 16 min ago
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