Dan
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“Just because you can read, write and do a little math, doesn't mean that you're entitled to conquer the universe.”
― Hocus Pocus
― Hocus Pocus
“I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, 'The Beatles did'.”
― Timequake
― Timequake
“There is one other book, that can teach you everything you need to know about life... it's The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, but that's not enough anymore.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles.
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”
― A Man Without a Country
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”
― A Man Without a Country
Newsweek: Fifty books for our time
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Newsweek magazine compiled a list of "50 books for our time." The list covers a broad range of topics and genres. If you read a book on the list pleas ...more
20 Under 40
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In June 2010, the annual summer fiction issue of the New Yorker named 20 North American authors under the age of 40 the editors expect to be among the ...more
Dan’s 2025 Year in Books
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