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Book cover for January 1973: Watergate, Roe v. Wade, Vietnam, and the Month That Changed America Forever

January 1973: Watergate, Roe v. Wade, Vietnam, and the Month That Changed America Forever by James Robenalt

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Studying American history is much like an examination of aspen trees. The connections are not obvious unless one digs. And then it becomes clear that everything is mysteriously linked.

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“On My Eighth-Grade Graduation Ceremony “They’re celebrating you graduating from eighth grade? We just went to your sixth-grade graduation two goddamned years ago! Jesus Christ, why don’t they just throw a fucking party every time you properly wipe your ass?”
― Justin Halpern

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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation

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“Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of the labours of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: history, latin

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“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: paraphrased, strength

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“When happiness and peace are scarce, people will turn to artificial means to shut off the jabbering in their brains.”
― Steve Dublanica, Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter

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Books on the Nightstand — 6095 members — last activity Dec 01, 2025 10:30AM
A group to discuss books and topics mentioned on Books on the Nightstand, a blog and podcast about books and reading.

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