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Phil is Currently Reading

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The Mysterious Mr. Quin (a Harley Quin Short-Story Omnibus)

by Agatha Christie

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Jun 08, 2026 03:39PM

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Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)

by Tim Marshall

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"Call me easily amused, if you like, but I did like the opening line of this chapter, which was "How do you solve a problem like Korea?"" — May 13, 2026 02:25PM

Mar 09, 2026 10:25AM

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Empire of the Sun

by J.G. Ballard

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Phil’s Quotes

“Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”
― H.L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy

tags: attitude, definitions, fear, happiness, orthodoxy, puritanism, strictness

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“I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.”
― Anaïs Nin

tags: men, women

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“Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic.”
― Anais Nin

tags: anxiety, love, saveing

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“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
― Elizabeth Appell

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