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Lauren is Currently Reading

Lauren is currently reading

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Illustrated Classics)

by Lucia Monfried

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Jun 04, 2023 05:20AM

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The New Dictionary Of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know

by E.D. Hirsch Jr.

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"I'm going through this one at one entry per day in alphabetical order. Since that's not actually how the book is organized (at least not completely), listing the page number I'm on doesn't really serve a purpose." — Jan 25, 2016 08:18AM

Jan 25, 2016 08:16AM

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JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH

by Anonymous

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Oct 01, 2018 04:26AM

Lauren’s Quotes

“There is a sacredness in tears....They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.”
― Washington Irving

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“You can’t ever reach perfection, but you can believe in an asymptote toward which you are ceaselessly striving.”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air

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“I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able to do that.”
― Bob Newhart

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“There was no one to blame but the mighty, ruthless stranger. Thus was complexity reduced to demonology, which is a defining feature of anti-Americanism, anti-Semitism, or, indeed, any "anti-ism.”
― Josef Joffe

tags: anti-americanism, antisemitism, bias, prejudice

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“If you love what you do and are willing to do what it takes, it's within your reach. And it'll be worth every minute you spend alone at night, thinking and thinking about what it is you want to design or build. It'll be worth it, I promise.”
― Steve Wozniak

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