bots are becoming a bigger thing on this platform now. not as bad as twitter, but it’s a shame that no matter what, we’re forced into experiencing the internet technological rot that infests online spaces now
Energy givers vs Energy drainers
Home Stretch in front of Bert’s Bookshelves
It’s that time of the week to show you what’s on #PillarOfPopularity.
At number 5 it’s Home Stretch by Graham Norton.
We still have some signed copies in the shop!
“Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.”
— James Baldwin
“Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.”
― Lisa Lutz
“Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now take what you have left and live it properly.” — Marcus Aurelius
My thought for this Tuesday ☕️☕️☕️
Franz Kafka on reading, profound
Strength is the ability to voluntarily confront the unknown.
“Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis of all morality.” - Dune
"You have to assemble your life yourself, action by action." — Marcus Aurelius
i can’t stop thinking about this Nietzsche quote
“On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.” ― George Orwell
“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.”
— Hunter S. Thompson
Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts. Never accept an idea just because someone with a title says it’s true.
"If you are unhappy, you are too high up in your mind."
- Carl Jung
“Be a lamp, or a lifeboat or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal.”
- Rumi
“Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, "Is life a multiple choice test or is it a true or false test?" ...Then a voice comes to me out of the dark and says, "We hate to tell you this but life is a thousand word essay.”
― Charles M. Schulz
“People settle for a level of despair they can tolerate and call it happiness.” — Søren Kierkegaard
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
- James Baldwin
I like blue and I like skies so I thought I would try this thing.
Congratulations @matthaig.bsky.social on 10 millions copies sold of The Midnight Library.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, what a paragraph!
The real luxuries in life:
“I have so much to say to you that I am afraid I shall tell you nothing.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky
One of the best books I’ve ever read.
