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“Because money is all things (or can be all things), something strange happens to the person who has it. As Marx says, it's like someone finding, by pure chance, the philosopher's stone. You know the philosopher's stone?"
"Yes, I know what the philosopher's stone is."
"The philosopher's stone gives you all the knowledge. All of it. All the knowledge of all the sciences. Imagine that someone just finds this stone. By luck. Suddenly he would have all this knowledge, regardless of his individuality. Even if he's a perfect idiot. All of it. All the knowledge.”
― Trust
"Yes, I know what the philosopher's stone is."
"The philosopher's stone gives you all the knowledge. All of it. All the knowledge of all the sciences. Imagine that someone just finds this stone. By luck. Suddenly he would have all this knowledge, regardless of his individuality. Even if he's a perfect idiot. All of it. All the knowledge.”
― Trust
“My father disapproved. Secretary was a demeaning occupation, he said. It promised independence but was another knot in the millenary subjection of women to the rule of men.”
― Trust
― Trust
“God is the most uninteresting answer to the most interesting questions.”
― Trust
― Trust
“I have no country. I don’t want one. The root of all evil, the cause of every war—god and country.”
― Trust
― Trust
“Every life is organized around a small number of events that either propel us or bring us to a grinding halt. We spend the years between these episodes benefiting or suffering from their consequences until the arrival of the next forceful moment. A man’s worth is established by the number of these defining circumstances he is able to create for himself. He need not always be successful, for there can be great honor in defeat. But he ought to be the main actor in the decisive scenes in his existence, whether they be epic or tragic.”
― Trust
― Trust
Linda’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Linda’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
980 books
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177 friends
1,058 books
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328 friends
368 books
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92 friends
145 books
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24 friends
1 book
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16 friends
0 books
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27 friends
107 books
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7 friends
0 books
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6 friends
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