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Never Had It So Good: A History of Britain from Suez to the Beatles

by Dominic Sandbrook

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Athelstan: The Making of England

by Tom Holland

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Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction

by Thomas R. Flynn

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Kevin said: " I’ve read maybe 20 VSI books. This was the worst. It was like the author didn’t realise he was writing an intro. I know a fair bit about existentialism but this book barely covered most of the stuff I already knew and talked really obscure philosophe ...more "

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Kevin’s Notes & Highlights

Mortality by Christopher Hitchens

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People don’t have cancer: They are reported to be battling cancer.

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Kevin’s Quotes

“The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.”
― Epicurus

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“Why did the wise guys always accuse other people of being wise guys?”
― Robert Cormier, The Chocolate War

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“What could he say? After the phone calls and the beating. After the desecration of his locker. The silent treatment. Pushed downstairs. What they did to Goober, to Brother Eugene. What guys like Archie and Janza did to the school. What they would do to the world when they left Trinity.”
― Robert Cormier, The Chocolate War

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“They don't actually want you to do your own thing, not unless it's their thing too.”
― Robert Cormier, The Chocolate War

tags: truth

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“He hated to think of his own life stretching ahead of him that way, a long succession of days and nights that were fine - not good, not bad, not great, not lousy, not exciting, not anything.”
― Robert Cormier, The Chocolate War

tags: boring, life, mediocre

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