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“With one hand disturbing a colony of parasitic life forms in his uncombed hair, he yawned loudly.
‘Morning Steve,’ Thomas said scratching his grubby face. His breath drifted across the space between them making Steve’s nose twitch involuntarily.”
― Our Blue Orange
‘Morning Steve,’ Thomas said scratching his grubby face. His breath drifted across the space between them making Steve’s nose twitch involuntarily.”
― Our Blue Orange
“Many pedagogical experts argue that schools should switch to teaching “the four Cs”—critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity.3 More broadly, they believe, schools should downplay technical skills and emphasize general-purpose life skills. Most important of all will be the ability to deal with change, learn new things, and preserve your mental balance in unfamiliar situations.”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“Even though it's only a minority of men who are violent or predatory, I don't know if men realise that girls are trained our entire lives to minimise the danger from you - and blamed if we don't.”
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“Now you go out there, do your best, and don't get caught up in everyone else's nonsense. It'll turn out fine, I promise you.”
― Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries
― Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries
“From inside the tavern came the sounds of a fiddle being tuned, various plucks and tentative bowings, then a slow and groping attempt at Aura Lee, interrupted every few notes by unplanned squeaks and howls. Nevertheless the beautiful and familiar tune was impervious to poor performance, and Inman thought how painfully young it sounded, as if the pattern of its notes allowed no room to imagine a future clouded and tangled and diminished.”
― Cold Mountain
― Cold Mountain
Timmy’s 2024 Year in Books
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