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Jay is Currently Reading

Jay is currently reading

Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author)

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Catch 22

by Joseph Heller

bookshelves: 2026-books, historical-fiction, currently-reading

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The Road Home: The Aftermath of the Great War Told by the Men and Women Who Survived It

by Max Arthur

bookshelves: 2026-books, history, military-history, currently-reading

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Jay’s Quotes

“The truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water.”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised.”
― Marilyn Manson

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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish

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“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

tags: humor, life

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