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“The world is not a wish-granting factory.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. This is what I am and what I am about.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“But I have a new love for that glittering instrument, the human soul. It is a lovely and unique thing in the universe. It is always attacked and never destroyed - because 'Thou mayest.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“[...]the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
― On the Road
― On the Road
Michael’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Michael’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
4,906 books
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1,096 friends
397 books
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82 friends
23 books
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211 friends
660 books
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585 friends
158 books
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139 friends
73 books
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65 friends
528 books
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273 friends
572 books
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21 friends
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Favorite Genres
Book Club, Comics, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Memoir, Politics, Romance, Science fiction, and War
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