Amelia
rated a book it was amazing
Reading for the 2nd time
read in January 2008
Amelia said:
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I got this book for Xmas, and I was skeptical. As I read it now, the parallels are amazing, from his overpriced education (only completed to please others); to the reasons for his attachment to his car which he's later forced to abandon; his relation
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“For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.”
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“You begin saving the world by saving one person at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.”
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“there are worse things
than being alone
but it often takes
decades to realize this
and most often when you do
it's too late
and there's nothing worse
than too late”
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than being alone
but it often takes
decades to realize this
and most often when you do
it's too late
and there's nothing worse
than too late”
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“This is very important -- to take leisure time. Pace is the essence. Without stopping entirely and doing nothing at all for great periods, you're gonna lose everything...just to do nothing at all, very, very important. And how many people do this in modern society? Very few. That's why they're all totally mad, frustrated, angry and hateful.”
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