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Every war is ironic because every war is worse than expected. Every war constitutes an irony of situation because its means are so melodramatically disproportionate to its presumed ends.
“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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“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
“We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object, and go mad in its pursuit; that millions of people become simultaneously impressed with one delusion, and run after it, till their attention is caught by some new folly more captivating than the first.”
― Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds
― Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds
“I don't know that it is possible to construct anything more atrociously hideous or uninteresting than a Base Camp. It consists, in military parlance, of nothing more than:—
Fields, grassless 1
Tents, bell 500”
― Bullets and Billets
Fields, grassless 1
Tents, bell 500”
― Bullets and Billets
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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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