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“Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present. Our life has no end in the way in which our visual field has no limits.”
― Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
― Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
“And the rest is rust and stardust.”
― Lolita
― Lolita
“It is not the amount of knowledge that makes a brain. It is not even the distribution of knowledge. It is the interconnectedness.”
― The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
― The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
“Everything passes away - suffering, pain, blood, hunger, pestilence. The sword will pass away too, but the stars will remain when the shadows of our presence and our deeds have vanished from the Earth. There is no man who does not know that. Why, then, will we not turn our eyes toward the stars? Why?”
― The White Guard
― The White Guard
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”
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Smithies :)
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because this page should exist... a place to post books we recommend or get recommendations (regardless of genre) or anything really :)
Engineers for a Sustainable World
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From Karen: If you've read and loved a book related to any of the following topics, please respond with the book title and author. -Food -Housing -Wa ...more
Brittany’s 2025 Year in Books
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