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Blair is Currently Reading

Blair Hodgkinson is currently reading

Licoricia of Winchester: Power and Prejudice in Medieval England, The Rise and Fall of a Remarkable Jewish Businesswoman

by Rebecca Abrams

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Jan 15, 2026 11:18AM

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Strange Tales of Scotland (Jack's Strange Tales #1)

by Jack Strange

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Jun 19, 2025 07:30PM

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Storyworlds of Robin Hood: The Origins of a Medieval Outlaw

by Lesley Coote

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Blair’s Quotes

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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“No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.”
― Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

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“Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian.”
― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

tags: religion, sobriety

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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe

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“My mother said I broke her heart...but it was my integrity that was important. Is that so selfish? It sells for so little, but it's all we have left in this place. It is the very last inch of us...but within that inch we are free.”
― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

tags: freedom, integrity, valerie-page

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