The vast majority of the world’s books, music, films, television and art, you will never see. It’s just numbers.
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Now, everything gets dropped into our laps, and there are really only two responses if you want to feel like you’re well-read, or well-versed in music, or whatever the case may be: culling and surrender.
Linda Holmes in The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We’re All Going to Miss Almost Everything