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“To know what a person has done, and to know who a person is, are very different things.”
― Burial Rites
― Burial Rites
“Behold the field in which I grow my fucks. Lay thine eyes upon it and see that it is barren. (anonymous twitter joke referenced in the book)”
― An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
― An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
“Life and reading are not separate activities, When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.”
― A Life with Books
― A Life with Books
“It’s not fair. People claim to know you through the things you’ve done, and not by sitting down and listening to you speak for yourself.”
― Burial Rites
― Burial Rites
“I have work to do, and I am afraid not to do it.”
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