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“What greater comfort does time afford, than the objects of terror re-encountered, and their fraudulence exposed in the flash of reason?”
― The Recognitions
― The Recognitions
“The pursuit of knowing was freedom to me, the right to declare your own curiosities and follow them through all manner of books. I was made for the library, not the classroom. The classroom was a jail of other people’s interests. The library was open, unending, free. Slowly, I was discovering myself.”
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“there is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow-creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
“[f]ortune is the lease capricious of deities, and arranges things on the just and rigid system that no one shall be very happy for very long.”
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“Love is incapable of being concealed; a word, a look, nay, silence, speaks it.”
― Letters of Abelard and Heloise
― Letters of Abelard and Heloise
Monks of the Screw / F.I.G.H.T. C.L.U.B.
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When Saint Patrick this order established, He called us the Monks of the Screw Good rules he revealed to our Abbot To guide us in what we should do; B ...more
SLC Book Club Over Dinner
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Read. Eat. Discuss. Have Fun. Repeat. Food and books--almost as good of a pair as milk and cookies. or Lennon and McCartney. This is all about getting ...more
Penumbras of Uncertainty
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— last activity Nov 08, 2020 03:12PM
Philosophy group in Sandy, UT A discussion of Second Things.
J ’s 2024 Year in Books
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