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American Gods

by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)

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Aug 22, 2025 12:11PM

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East of Eden

by John Steinbeck

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Jun 30, 2025 09:09PM

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De ratones y hombres

by John Steinbeck

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David said: " Read this in middle school and remember it being fantastic. I normally have a rule against rereading books because there are just so many out there that I will never read them all even if I don't reread a book, but this was my first exception since j ...more "

Mar 18, 2025 10:45AM · see review

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David’s Quotes

“If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose”
― Charles Bukowski and Carl Weissner

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“Our love affair with guns has nothing to do with tyranny, or militias, or self-preservation. Just ask any NRA member the following: If Jesus Christ himself were to come down off the cross and grant you one wish, would you opt for a world without guns -- or the one we live in now? If every gun owner truly feared for their life and liberty, the answer would be obvious. But it's not about life and liberty. It's all about the sheer hard-on of owning a gun.”
― Quentin R. Bufogle

tags: assault-weapons-ban, gun-control, gun-laws, gun-owners, gun-violence, guns, nra, sandy-hook-massacre, second-amendment

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“If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: open-mindedness, prejudice, truth

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