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“When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values[...].”
― The Woman Destroyed
― The Woman Destroyed
“The fault, of course, is not in religion, but in the fanatic of every religion. Fanaticism remains the greatest carrier of the spores of fear, and the rhetoric of religion, with the hysteria it so readily generates, is fast becoming the readiest killing device of contemporary times.”
― Climate of Fear: The Quest for Dignity in a Dehumanized World
― Climate of Fear: The Quest for Dignity in a Dehumanized World
“I always tell people that if they want to know about the history of a country, do not go to the history books, go to the fiction. Fiction is not fiction. It is the substance and heartbeat of a people's life, here, now, and in the past.”
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“I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself”
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“My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.”
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Tondi’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Tondi’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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4,041 books
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2,306 friends
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396 friends
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