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Rob is Currently Reading

Rob is currently reading

Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life

by Agnes Callard

bookshelves: currently-reading, owned, philosophy, read-2026, thrift-store-adoptees

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Rob’s Quotes

“I use the words you taught me. If they don't mean anything any more, teach me others. Or let me be silent.”
― Samuel Beckett, Endgame

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“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

tags: atheism, religion, skeptic

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“It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

tags: bravery

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