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“A person who is not inwardly prepared for the use of violence against him is always weaker than the person committing the violence.”
― The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation
― The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation
“I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.”
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“that is the secret of happiness and virtue—liking what you’ve got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.”
― Dune
― Dune
“When the number of options available is limited, it is foolish to fuss and fret. We should instead simply choose the best of them and get on with life. To behave otherwise is to waste precious time and energy.”
― The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient
― The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient
Nightcrawler Literary Society.
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— last activity Feb 06, 2021 04:16AM
An attractive circle of fans of the written word and the effects of alcohol. A book will be selected monthly and at the end of said month we will meet ...more
Tomas’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Tomas’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Adult Fiction, Art, Classics, Fiction, History, Horror, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Science, Science fiction, Suspense, Thriller, and War
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