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“He was a bully, a bit of a sadist and a showman. But the man knew his vegetables,”
― Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
― Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
“It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards,' says the White Queen to Alice.”
― Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
― Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
“Why do you stay in prison, when the door is so wide open?”
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“So long as they (the Proles) continued to work and breed, their other activities were without importance. Left to themselves, like cattle turned loose upon the plains of Argentina, they had reverted to a style of life that appeared to be natural to them, a sort of ancestral pattern...Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.”
― 1984
― 1984
Nick’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Nick’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
481 books
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128 friends
104 books
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193 books
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13 friends
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