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‘Would you not call yourselves killers?’ ‘Just because of our guns, and you assume it?’ ‘I assume nothing. I know by the dead men following behind you.’
“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
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“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”
― The Cost of Living
― The Cost of Living
“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
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“Live to the point of tears.”
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“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.”
― The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
― The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Ryan’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ryan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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153 friends
25 books
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3,236 friends
1,872 books
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182 friends
569 books
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88 friends
1,534 books
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1,159 books
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177 books
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612 books
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74 friends
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