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05/07
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Crime and Punishment (Paperback) by Fyodor Dostoevsky bookshelves: already-own, currently-reading |
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05/07
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Practice in Christianity : Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol 20 (Paperback) by Søren Kierkegaard, Howard V. Hong, Edna H. Hong bookshelves: already-own, currently-reading |
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05/07
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The Kingdom of God Is Within You (Dover Value Editions) by Leo Tolstoy bookshelves: already-own, currently-reading |
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Martin's recent updates (rss)
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Martin wrote a prayer: a prayer.
"give me a spirit strong and mild
to master a man or charm a child, to brave any beast or seduce a " ...more | |
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Martin wrote Broken Frame: Broken Frame.
"There's a portrait on a wall
And I wonder if it's mine, Left shattered by a fall Leaving shadows " ...more | |
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marked as to-read:
Mysterious Skin (Paperback) by Scott Heim bookshelves: to-read |
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| June 24 | ||
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marked as to-read:
The Time Traveler's Wife (Paperback) by Audrey Niffenegger bookshelves: to-buy, to-read |
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| June 20 | ||
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added a quote:
"The greatest hazard of all, losing one's self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly: any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife etc - is assured to be noticed." — Søren Kierkegaard | |
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marked as to-read:
The Secret Garden (Children's Classics) by Frances Hodgson Burnett bookshelves: already-own, to-read |
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| June 09 | ||
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added a quote:
"No! No one who was great in the world will be forgotten, but everyone was great in his own way, and everyone in proportion to the greatness of that which he loved. He who loved himself became great by virtue of himself, and he who loved other men became great by his devotedness, but he who loved God became the greatest of all. Everyone shall be remembered, but everyone became great in proportion to his expectancy. One became great by expecting the possible, another by expecting the eternal; but he who expected the impossible became the greatest of all. Everyone shall be remembered, but everyone was great wholly in proportion to the magnitude of that with which he struggled. For he who struggled with the world became great by conquering the world, and he who struggled with himself became great by conquering himself, but he who struggled with God became the greatest of all. Thus did they struggle in the world, man against man, one against thousands, but he who struggled with God was the greatest of all. Thus did they struggle on earth: there was one who conquered everything by his power, and there was one who conquered God by his powerlessness. There was one who relied upon himself and gained everything; there was one who in the security of his own strength sacrificed everything; but the one who believed God was the greatest of all. There was one who was great by virtue of his power, and one who was great by virtue of his hope, and one who was great by virtue of his love, but Abraham was the greatest of all, great by that power whose strength is powerlessness, great by that wisdom which is foolishness, great by that hope whose form is madness, great by the love that is hatred to oneself. " — Søren Kierkegaard | |
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marked as to-read:
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Hardcover) by Edgar Allan Poe bookshelves: already-own, to-read |
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| June 05 | ||
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marked as to-read:
Veronika Decides to Die: A Novel of Redemption (P.S.) by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: to-read |
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Martin's favorite quotes
"Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. "
— Albert Camus
— Albert Camus
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx
— Groucho Marx
"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference."
— Elie Wiesel
— Elie Wiesel
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
— John Lennon
— John Lennon
"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by frost."
— J.R.R. Tolkien
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by frost."
— J.R.R. Tolkien
Martin's writing
free of the tree but dead instead (lesson from a leaf) (Poetry)
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WHEN I GET A LITTLE MONEY, I BUY BOOKS; IF ANY IS LEFT I BUY FOOD AND CLOTHES.
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Existentialism is a philosophical movement that claims that individual human beings have full responsibility for creating the meanings of their own li...more
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A place for people in Durham, North Carolina to talk about what they're reading. Upcoming author readings and book events. Favorite bookstores.
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