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“People quickly grow accustomed to being the slaves of mystery.”
― The Cubist Painters
― The Cubist Painters
“this usually happens in the white-collar classes: These people take to worshipping pointlessness. Examples are Twin Peaks, Christo's artwork, and academic liberal politics. But a strange thing happens; these people view their ultra pointlessness as a way of being like God.”
― The Condemned
― The Condemned
“Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.”
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“The brevity of life, the failing of the senses, the numbness of indifference and unprofitable occupations allow us to know very little. And again and again swift oblivion, the thief of knowledge and the enemy of memory, makes a void of the mind, in the course of time, even what we learn we lose.”
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Ryan’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ryan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
345 books
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71 friends
1,813 books
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187 friends
742 books
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693 friends
1,302 books
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247 friends
1,810 books
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159 friends
781 books
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20 friends
1,038 books
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50 friends
2,306 books
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66 friends
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