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“Piling up material goods,” Carter said, “cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no purpose or meaning.”
“I invented adventures for myself and made up a life, so as at least to live in some way.”
― Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
― Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
“There was harmony in proportions, Leonardo learned, and math was nature’s brushstroke.”
― Leonardo Da Vinci
― Leonardo Da Vinci
“Above all, avoid falsehood, every kind of falsehood, especially falseness to yourself. Watch over your own deceitfulness and look into it every hour, every minute. Avoid being scornful, both to others and to yourself.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“What deters is not the capabilities and intentions we have, but the capabilities and intentions the enemy thinks we have. The central objective of a deterrent weapons system is, thus, psychological. The mission is persuasion.”
― Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
― Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
“The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
Eric’s 2025 Year in Books
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