Journalism is true in the sense that everything is true to the state of being and to what conditioned and produced it: but that is about as far as its value goes. I have never yet seen a piece of journalism which conveyed more than the slightest fraction of what any even moderately reflective and sensitive person would mean and intend by those inachievable words, and that fraction itself I have never seen clean of one or another degree of patent, to say nothing of essential, falsehood. “I do not wish to appear to speak favorably of journalism. You can also read an index of my favorite quotes on Quote Catalog as well. Note: The list has grown larger than I ever could have imagined–almost 12,000 words–so I had to split it up on two pages. There is something here for everyone, whether you like quotes about love or passages on wisdom so I hope you enjoy them. So here is the transcribed passages of the books that have been most influential to me, without them I am nothing–and each was read and selected directly by me. You could say I stopped reading books and started devouring them. I read each book with a pen and highlighter, folding the pages I like, and filling the margins with notes. Ever since I allowed myself to be pulled down the rabbit hole of books–the endless chain of citation, influence and recommendation–my life has improved exponentially. ![]() There was a time in my life where I didn’t read much, and now I look back on it as the most superficial and bleak point of my existence.
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