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“Compared with music all communication by words is shameless; words dilute and brutalise; words depersonalise; words make the uncommon common.”
― The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
― The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
“Besides, isn't it confoundedly easy to think you're a great man if you aren't burdened with the slightest idea that Rembrandt, Beethoven, Dante or Napoleon ever lived?”
― Chess Story
― Chess Story
“My day passes between logic, whistling, going for walks, and being depressed. I wish to God that I were more intelligent and everything would finally become clear to me - or else that I needn’t live much longer.”
― Letters to Russell, Keynes and Moore
― Letters to Russell, Keynes and Moore
“When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.”
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“When we can't think for ourselves, we can always quote”
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Gustav’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Gustav’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
11,093 books
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57 friends
686 books
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109 friends
84 books
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2 friends
4,112 books
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39 friends
339 books
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10 friends
92 books
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10 friends
60 books
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6 friends
1,401 books
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85 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Classics, Cookbooks, Fantasy, History, Music, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Science, Science fiction, and Spirituality
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