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I also wonder about that stale mind. Who is more likely to end up with a brain like a piece of day-old toast—the single man who can spend his weekends thinking and reading, attending professional conferences, and conversing with colleagues
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“How do you cause people to believe in an imagined order such as Christianity, democracy or capitalism? First, you never admit that the order is imagined.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?”
― The Hate U Give
― The Hate U Give
“I'll belong to libraries wherever I go. Maybe eventually I'll belong to libraries on other planets.”
― Among Others
― Among Others
“You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless bananas after death in monkey heaven.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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