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David is Currently Reading

David is currently reading

Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe

by Steve Sheinkin

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Apr 25, 2026 05:28PM

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The Bulge And Beyond: The Things Our Fathers Saw—The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation-Volume VI

by Matthew A. Rozell (Goodreads Author)

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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

by Jocko Willink (Goodreads Author)

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David’s Quotes

“It all comes down to who is by your side and who is willing to stand up for love even when it seems impossible.”
― Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember

tags: romance

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“There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there’s only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stop running round after happiness. If you make up your mind not to be happy there’s no reason why you shouldn’t have a fairly good time.”
― Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome and Other Short Fiction

tags: happiness

592 likes

“The time is always right to do the right thing.”
― Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

tags: civil-rights-movement, inspirational, political

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“Your love is like the wind...you cant see it, but you can feel it...”
― Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember

145 likes

“What do we call visible light? We call it color. But the electromagnetic spectrum runs to zero in one direction and infinity in the other, so really, children, mathematically, all of light is invisible.”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See

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