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“In an individual, selfishness uglifies the soul; for the human species, selfishness is extinction.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“Try pausing right before and right after undertaking a new action, even something simple like putting a key in a lock to open a door. Such pauses take a brief moment, yet they have the effect of decompressing time and centering you.”
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“A book is a physical object in a world of physical objects. It is a set of dead symbols. And then the right reader comes along, and the words—or rather the poetry behind the words, for the words themselves are mere symbols—spring to life, and we have a resurrection of the word.”
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“... in a cycle as old as tribalism, ignorance of the Other engenders fear; fear engenders hatred; hatred engenders violence; violence engenders further violence until the only "rights", the only law, are whatever is willed by the most powerful.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“Racism towards Muslims is as evil as anti-Semitism, but try to express this simple truth on a partisan Palestinian or Israeli website.”
― Death of the Liberal Class
― Death of the Liberal Class
Anthony’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Anthony’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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476 books
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80 friends
1,141 books
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1,617 books
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74 friends
1,005 books
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2,105 books
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875 books
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144 friends
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