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Dubliners

by James Joyce

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Tao Te Ching

by Lao Tzu

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Jun 30, 2013 03:48PM

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The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell

by Aldous Huxley

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Jim said: " I finally went out and bought it. I am surprised it is well written and yet clinical he covers itas a writer and a scientist and I am enjoying it very much. I have not delvento the murky depths of heaven and hell yet but I will soon. "

Dec 20, 2007 06:38PM · see review

Jim’s Quotes

“Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”
― Mark Twain

tags: illusions, life

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“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
― Aldous Huxley, Complete Essays, Vol. II: 1926-1929

tags: fact, ignorance, truth

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“Do you hate people?”

“I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.”
― Charles Bukowski, Barfly

tags: humour, misanthropy, paraphrased

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“A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.”
― Winston Churchill

tags: politics

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