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The Catholic alpha male abstains from sexual intercourse and raising a family, even though there is no genetic or ecological reason for him to do so.
“I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays.”
― The Importance of Being Earnest
― The Importance of Being Earnest
“I am at a loss to understand why people hold Miss Austen's novels at so high a rate, which seem to me vulgar in tone, sterile in artistic invention, imprisoned in their wretched conventions of English society, without genius, wit, or knowledge of the world. Never was life so pinched and narrow. ... All that interests in any character [is this]: has he (or she) the money to marry with? ... Suicide is more respectable.”
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“Veneration of Mark Twain is one of the roots of our current intellectual stalemate.”
― A Confederacy of Dunces
― A Confederacy of Dunces
Mina’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Mina’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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21 friends
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153 books
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260 books
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130 books
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4 friends
64 books
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4 friends
20 books
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