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“I don't write a book so that it will be the final word; I write a book so that other books are possible, not necessarily written by me.”
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“What does your conscience say? — 'You should become the person you are'.”
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“The worst readers are those who behave like plundering troops: they take away a few things they can use, dirty and confound the remainder, and revile the whole.”
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“Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality.”
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“The work of an intellectual is not to mould the political will of others; it is, through the analyses that he does in his own field, to re-examine evidence and assumptions, to shake up habitual ways of working and thinking, to dissipate conventional familiarities, to re-evaluate rules and institutions and to participate in the formation of a political will (where he has his role as citizen to play).”
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Rory’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Rory’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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478 books
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