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It is difficult to be sat on all day, every day, by some other creature, without forming an opinion about them. On the other hand, it is perfectly possible to sit all day, every day, on top of another creature and not have the slightest
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“Soon enough it will be me struggling (valiantly?) to walk - lugging my stuff around. How are we all so brave as to take step after step? Day after day? How are we so optimistic, so careful not to trip and yet do trip, and then get up and say O.K. Why do I feel so sorry for everyone and so proud?”
― The Principles of Uncertainty
― The Principles of Uncertainty
“Your little boat goes west and you congratulate yourself, "What a navigator I am!" And then the wind blows you east.”
― Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
― Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
“Of all the consumer products, chewing gum is perhaps the most ridiculous: it literally has no nourishment – you just chew it to give yourself something to do with your stupid idiot Western mouth.
Half the world is starving, and the other’s going, ‘I don’t actually need any nutrition, but it would be good to masticate, just to keep my mind off things.”
― My Booky Wook
Half the world is starving, and the other’s going, ‘I don’t actually need any nutrition, but it would be good to masticate, just to keep my mind off things.”
― My Booky Wook
“when you don't create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. your tastes only narrow & exclude people. so create.”
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Joe’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Joe’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
190 books
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35 friends
321 books
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205 books
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45 friends
2,251 books
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74 friends
4 books
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174 books
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75 friends
0 books
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93 friends
35 books
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9 friends
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