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“Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“time is a catastrophe, perpetual and irreversible.”
― The Complete Cosmicomics
― The Complete Cosmicomics
“Marco Polo describes a bridge, stone by stone.
'But which is the stone that supports the bridge?' Kublai Khan asks.
'The bridge is not supported by one stone or another,' Marco answers, 'but by the line of the arch that they form.'
Kublai Khan remains silent, reflecting. Then he adds: 'Why do you speak to me of the stones? It is only the arch that matters to me.'
Polo answers: 'Without stones there is no arch.”
― Invisible Cities
'But which is the stone that supports the bridge?' Kublai Khan asks.
'The bridge is not supported by one stone or another,' Marco answers, 'but by the line of the arch that they form.'
Kublai Khan remains silent, reflecting. Then he adds: 'Why do you speak to me of the stones? It is only the arch that matters to me.'
Polo answers: 'Without stones there is no arch.”
― Invisible Cities
Nicholas’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Nicholas’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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113 friends
533 books
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392 books
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1,407 books
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211 books
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257 books
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100 books
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