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“The newspaper warns us about terrorist anthrax bombs and virulent new strains of meningitis, and the only comfort newspapers can offer is a coupon for twenty cents off on underarm deodorant.”
― Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread
― Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread
“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
“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
“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”
― 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
“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
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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Favorite Genres
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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