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“The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.”
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“The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.”
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“Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.”
― The Return of the King
― The Return of the King
“To find not only that this bedlam of color was true but that the pictures were pale and inaccurate translations, was to me startling. I can't even imagine the forest colors when I am not seeing them. I wondered whether constant association could cause inattention, and asked a native New Hampshire woman about it. She said that autumn never failed to amaze her; to elate. 'It is a glory,' she said, 'and can't be remembered, so that it always comes as a surprise.”
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Clay’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Clay’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
527 books
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34 friends
1,534 books
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471 books
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478 books
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107 friends
355 books
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146 friends
1,820 books
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254 friends
888 books
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176 friends
276 books
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206 friends
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