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“Art belongs to everybody and nobody. Art belongs to all time and no time. Art belongs to those who create it and those who savour it. Art no more belongs to the People and the Party than it once belonged to the aristocracy and the patron. Art is the whisper of history, heard above the noise of time. Art does not exist for art’s sake: it exists for people’s sake.”
― The Noise of Time
― The Noise of Time
“The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself”
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“I only write when I am inspired. Fortunately I am inspired at 9 o'clock every morning.”
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“Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
“Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
Shawn’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shawn’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,281 books
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848 friends
660 books
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116 friends
1,086 books
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116 friends
660 books
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234 friends
4,339 books
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451 friends
2,280 books
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1,093 friends
1,341 books
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626 friends
4,470 books
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3,626 friends
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