Curtis Hu
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“Towering genius distains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored. -- It sees no distinction in adding story to story, upon the monuments of fame, erected to the memory of others. It denies that it is glory enough to serve under any chief. It scorns to tread in the footsteps of any predecessor, however illustrious. It thirsts and burns for distinction”
― Selected Speeches and Writings
― Selected Speeches and Writings
“Is it unreasonable then to expect, that some man possessed of the loftiest genius, coupled with ambition sufficient to push it to its utmost stretch, will at some time, spring up among us?”
― Selected Speeches and Writings
― Selected Speeches and Writings
“What! think you these places would satisfy an Alexander, a Caesar, or a Napoleon?--Never!”
― Selected Speeches and Writings
― Selected Speeches and Writings
“What's done cannot be undone.”
― Macbeth
― Macbeth
Curtis’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Curtis’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Biography, Business, Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Science, Science fiction, Self help, and Young-adult
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