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"So good. One large story woven together over generations, and revealing connections to me that I Should have known, but missed, and reiterated the stuff I did know, but in better detail.

Fry is perfect to read this, and keeps my rapt attention"
Nov 30, 2025 08:09PM

 
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George R.R. Martin
“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

Stephen Fry
“You are who you are when nobody's watching.”
Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry
“Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.”
Stephen Fry

George R.R. Martin
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

Theodore Roosevelt
“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength.”
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