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Oh, this is good.

Principal, Interest, Taxes, and Insurance

is it possible for a 28 year old to buy in NYC? stay tuned for my answer

“that’s a great book!” - stranger on the subway

hmm, interesting

“They [The Party] could lay bare in the utmost detail everything that you had done or said or thought; but the inner heart, whose workings were mysterious even to yourself, remained impregnable.”

mmmhmmm

ooh, this is good.

“Farewell!” she said at last, got up and quickly walked away from him, almost running.

“‘Gentlemen’, he cried loudly to them all, ‘the prince says that the world will be saved by beauty’… ‘don’t blush prince, I feel sorry for you. What sort of beauty will save the world?’”

love triangle is unfolding but this book is so much more than a romance novel!!

like brothers karamazov but different

after a slow start, the plot is thickening

lots of swearing

as a man who grew up in “hillbilly” rural America and now works on Wall Street, i can say that JD Vance’s story and my own have quite a bit in common… you know except for the whole VP of the US thing

i hate the suburbs even more now

I’ve really enjoyed reading this book as a new Manhattanite.

Cities are not inherently dangerous, over crowded, and lifeless. When designed well, they are epicenters of economy, culture, and community !!!

“…you have to be formed in such a way that you can carry your own environment about with you in a natural manner, and so give your own tone to the society in which you live…how great is our influence on our environment!”

finished part 1. the historical references and writing style have made it a difficult read, but the themes are thought provoking

“whenever you see a poor, wooden cross, alone, uncared for, worthless… and without a corpus, don’t forget that that cross is your cross - the everyday hidden cross, unattractive and unconsoling - the cross that is waiting for the corpus it lacks: and that corpus must be you.”

i started reading notebook 2 right after Easter and just finished notebook 2 today.

the past two months have been one of the craziest time periods of my life with unexpected turns seemingly around every corner. providentially, the words of St Faustina consistently spoke to my soul. i am very thankful to have developed such a special Saintly friend during this trying time.

St Faustina, pray for us.

great cities do not conform to urban design, urban design conforms to great cities

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