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“At that moment the power of reading made itself clear and real to me. If I could see the words, then no one could control them or what I got from them. They couldn’t even know if I was merely seeing them or reading them, sounding them out or comprehending them. It was a completely private affair and completely free and, therefore, completely subversive.”
― James
― James
“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“God is whoever raised Jesus from the dead, having before raised Israel from Egypt.”
― Systematic Theology: Volume 1: The Triune God
― Systematic Theology: Volume 1: The Triune God
“Everybody should read fiction… I don’t think serious fiction is written for a few people. I think we live in a stupid culture that won’t educate its people to read these things. It would be a much more interesting place if it would. And it’s not just that mechanics and plumbers don’t read literary fiction, it’s that doctors and lawyers don’t read literary fiction. It has nothing to do with class, it has to do with an anti-intellectual culture that doesn’t trust art.”
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Carsten’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Carsten’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
278 books
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11 friends
446 books
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107 friends
200 books
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7 friends
192 books
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22 friends
316 books
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34 friends
1,401 books
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88 friends
1,488 books
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41 friends
1,123 books
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62 friends
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