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A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”
“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
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“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.”
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“When someone shows you who they are believe them the first time.”
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“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. These are the only ways I know it. Is there any other way?”
― Selected Letters
― Selected Letters
Mansi’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mansi’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
434 books
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15 friends
0 books
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1 friend
225 books
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6 friends
100 books
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3 friends
167 books
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3 friends
30 books
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3 friends
10 books
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1 friend
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