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“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.”
― Charles Dickens: A Critical Study
― Charles Dickens: A Critical Study
“For I had long thought that the way to make indifferent things bad, was for good people not to do them.”
― Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood
― Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”
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“In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed, most of their vices are attempted shortcuts to love...We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the neverending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to me that evil must constantly respawn, while good, while virtue is immortal. Vice has always a new fresh young face, while virtue is venerable as nothing else in the world is.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
Jeff’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jeff’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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717 books
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461 books
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620 books
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750 books
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174 books
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118 friends
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