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“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.”
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“Maar als de Europese instellingen principieel niet bereid zijn om de geschiedenis en de tradities van hun werelddeel te accepteren en die erfenis niet als essentieel kenmerk van de eigen toekomst te erkennen, dan zal de Europese Unie door haar burgers nooit anders beschouwd worden als een lege huls, die zij bereid zijn te tolereren zolang het met de maatschappij goed gaat, maar die zij zonder aarzelen zullen opofferen zodra andere politieke alternatieven een betere toekomst lijken te bieden.”
― Le Déclin: La crise de l'Union européenne et la chute de la République romaine
― Le Déclin: La crise de l'Union européenne et la chute de la République romaine
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”
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“My silences he mistook for a lack of wit rather than a lack of any need to speak.”
― Assassin's Apprentice
― Assassin's Apprentice
“It was all unknown to me then, as I sat on that white bench on the day I finished my hike. Everything except the fact that I didn't have to know. That is was enough to trust that what I'd done was true. To understand its meaning without yet being able to say precisely what it was, like all those lines from The Dream of a Common Language that had run through my nights and days. To believe that I didn't need to reach with my bare hands anymore. To know that seeing the fish beneath the surface of the water was enough. That it was everything. It was my life - like all lives, mysterious and irrevocable and sacred. So very close, so very present, so very belonging to me.
How wild it was, to let it be.”
― Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
How wild it was, to let it be.”
― Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Jonathan’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jonathan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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190 books
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139 books
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280 books
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315 books
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100 books
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27 friends
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