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“The expression 'Those who can't do, teach' is a curious one, because if you look at the world , you'll see that teachers aren't particularly worse at doing things than anyone else, so perhaps the expression might be better worded as 'nobody can do anything”
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
“Don’t repeat yourself. It’s not only repetitive, it’s redundant, and people have heard it before.”
― Who Could That Be at This Hour?
― Who Could That Be at This Hour?
“Deciding whether or not to trust a person is like deciding whether or not to climb a tree because you might get a wonderful view from the highest branch or you might simply get covered in sap and for this reason many people choose to spend their time alone and indoors where it is harder to get a splinter.”
― The Penultimate Peril
― The Penultimate Peril
“If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives.”
― The Ersatz Elevator
― The Ersatz Elevator
“If you feel . . . that well-read people are less likely to be evil, and a world full of people sitting quietly with good books in their hands is preferable to world filled with schisms and sirens and other noisy and troublesome things, then every time you enter a library you might say to yourself, 'The world is quiet here,' as a sort of pledge proclaiming reading to be the greater good.”
― The Slippery Slope
― The Slippery Slope
Nicholas’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Nicholas’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
116 books
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21 friends
71 books
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140 friends
0 books
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21 friends
0 books
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17 friends
63 books
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18 friends
1 book
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10 friends
0 books
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26 friends
1 book
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49 friends
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