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The critic does his utmost to blight genius in its infancy; that which rises in spite of him he will not see; and then he complains of the decline of literature. In like manner, these cankers of society complain of human nature and society,
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“Whenever I don't state the climatic conditions, read "raining.”
― Bullets and Billets
― Bullets and Billets
“A prude is a person who thinks that his own rules of propriety are natural laws.”
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“To give a recipe for getting a rough idea, in case you want to, I recommend the following procedure. Select a flat ten-acre ploughed field, so sited that all the surface water of the surrounding country drains into it. Now cut a zig-zag slot about four feet deep and three feet wide diagonally across, dam off as much water as you can so as to leave about a hundred yards of squelchy mud; delve out a hole at one side of the slot, then endeavour to live there for a month on bully beef and damp biscuits, whilst a friend has instructions to fire at you with his Winchester every time you put your head above the surface.”
― Bullets and Billets
― Bullets and Billets
“Better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
― Pudd'nhead Wilson
― Pudd'nhead Wilson
“THANKSGIVING DAY. Let us all give humble, hearty, and sincere thanks now, but the turkeys. In the island of Fiji they do not use turkeys; they use plumbers. It does not become you and me to sneer at Fiji.”
― The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
― The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
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Heather’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Heather’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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