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“Although “The Myth of Sisyphus” poses mortal problems, it sums itself up for me as a lucid invitation to live and to create, in the very midst of the desert.”
― The Myth of Sisyphus
― The Myth of Sisyphus
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable...”
― Prejudices: Third Series
― Prejudices: Third Series
“Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.”
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“It is always a much easier task to educate uneducated people than to re-educate the mis-educated.”
― Getting Well
― Getting Well
“The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are absurd - The longing for impossible things, precisely because they are impossible; nostalgia for what never was; the desire for what could have been; regret over not being someone else; dissatisfaction with the world’s existence. All these half-tones of the soul’s consciousness create in us a painful landscape, an eternal sunset of what we are.”
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Dave’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Dave’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
309 books
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89 friends
336 books
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108 friends
900 books
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22 friends
94 books
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13 friends
378 books
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37 friends
316 books
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336 friends
101 books
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40 friends
279 books
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42 friends
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