“your initial reaction is usually your past trying to impose itself on your present”
― Clarity & Connection
― Clarity & Connection
“Much of your pain is self-chosen.”
― The Prophet
― The Prophet
“Every book should be read no more slowly than it deserves, and no more quickly than you can read it with satisfaction and comprehension.”
― How to Read a Book
― How to Read a Book
“A scientist’s explanations about other animals are dictated by the data she collects, which are influenced by the questions she asks, which are steered by her imagination, which is delimited by her senses. The boundaries of the human Umwelt often make the Umwelten of others opaque to us.”
― An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
― An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Jimmy’s 2025 Year in Books
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