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In the 1860s, Americans learned that large-scale complex societies are actually fragile, and that a descent into a civil war can be rapid.
“The moment you stop bargaining is the last in which you're ever given a thing.”
― The Last Days of Night
― The Last Days of Night
“...I think we are well-advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 a.m. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends. We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget. We forget the loves and the betrayals alike, forget what we whispered and what we screamed, forget who we were.”
― Slouching Towards Bethlehem
― Slouching Towards Bethlehem
“Be alone—that is the secret of invention: be alone, that is when ideas are born. —NIKOLA TESLA, FROM HIS DIARY A”
― The Last Days of Night
― The Last Days of Night
“One doesn't lie down with a lion and get to act surprised if one finds oneself devoured.”
― The Last Days of Night
― The Last Days of Night
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious….He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. —ALBERT EINSTEIN”
― The Last Days of Night
― The Last Days of Night
Peter’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Peter’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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210 friends
1,605 books
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194 friends
2,881 books
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113 friends
6,846 books
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301 friends
2,567 books
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572 friends
335 books
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77 friends
726 books
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25 friends
3,103 books
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1,115 friends
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