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Church of Marvels by Leslie Parry

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We can be a weary, cynical lot—we grow old and see only what suits us, and what is marvelous can often pass us by. A kitchen knife. A bulb of glass. A human body. That something so common should be so surprising—why, we forget it. We take ...more

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“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood.”
― David Burnham

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“There were streets named Mulberry and Orchard and Cherry, streets bright and tart, streets with a color and a taste.”
― Leslie Parry, Church of Marvels

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“here is a new rule: If you are too stupid to spell “disappointed” even approximately correctly, you are not allowed to take part in public discourse at any level. Trawling”
― Bill Bryson, The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island

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