“How did you go bankrupt? Two ways, gradually and then suddenly.”
Ernest Hemingway (verified)
December 6, 2025: Begun work on a profile of Charlie Munger, an advocate of rational thinking in an age too often governed by its opposite 📚
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The Story of My Life
The Story of My Life is Keller’s landmark autobiography detailing her childhood transformation from isolation to communication through Anne Sullivan’s teaching. It chronicles her journey from darkness to intellectual awakening, becoming a classic testament to human potential and perseverance. Helen Keller
This website is a labor of love honoring the thinkers who shaped my life. I’m collecting and verifying their best quotes and compiling biographical profiles, hoping their wisdom will inspire you as it has me.