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Allison is Currently Reading

Allison is currently reading

Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II

by Elyse Graham (Goodreads Author)

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May 10, 2026 06:34AM

Allison’s Quotes

“Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.”
― Benjamin Franklin

tags: death

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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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“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

tags: inspirational

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“When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I did. As far as I can tell so far, it seems to involve lots of foreign travel and not having to get up too early in the morning.”
― Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions

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“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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