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“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.”
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“Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight”
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“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
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“You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.”
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Crista’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Crista’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,832 books
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538 friends
1,882 books
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1,702 friends
133 books
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550 friends
393 books
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39 friends
2,469 books
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3,418 friends
476 books
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96 friends
708 books
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1,793 friends
92 books
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55 friends
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