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	04/02 Jon is currently reading: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Paperback) by Jean-Dominique Bauby bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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July 03
	Jon marked as to-read: Love in the Time of Cholera (Paperback) by Gabriel García Márquez bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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June 12
	Jon gave to: So Smart in Their Fine Uniforms (Arrowsmith, Book 1) by Kurt Busiek	my rating:
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June 10
	Jon gave to: Everyman (Paperback) by Philip Roth	my rating:
	Jon said: "If Hannah Arendt's metier was the banality of evil, Philip Roth's is the banality of slow, natural suffering. In keeping, then, with his style of ease relevance and smooth writing, Everyman is a solid read when you're down in the dumps and need some ...more " add a comment
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May 30
	Jon marked as to-read: The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America (Hardcover) by Robert Scheer bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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	Jon marked as to-read: Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 (Paperback) by Hunter S. Thompson bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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May 25
	Jon gave to: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (Paperback) by Anne Fadiman bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
	Jon said: "Empathic, unusual, and nothing less than beautiful in description, scope and nuance, "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" provides profound insight into American and Hmong medicine, human needs and antipathies, and the dangers and opp...more " add a comment
	Jon gave to: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Paperback) by Dave Eggers	my rating:
	Jon said: "Overwritten. Eggers clearly has a lot to say, but by halfway through the book he's stopped saying it. Description is no substitute for substance. " add a comment
	Jon gave to: The Wind-up Bird Chronicle (Paperback) by Haruki Murakami	my rating:
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	Jon marked as to-read: Tales of the South Pacific (Mass Market Paperback) by James A. Michener bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
— Albert Einstein

tags: einstein, human, humor, infinity, nature, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe

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"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
— Mark Twain

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"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference."
— Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, philosophy

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"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."
— Mark Twain

tags: wisdom

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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
— Mark Twain

tags: dreams

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