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The toughest part of not being allowed to buy anything new wasn’t that I couldn’t buy anything new—it was having to physically confront my triggers and change my reaction to them.
“Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better.”
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“People can be monsters. Whether it's just their actions, or whether it's who they really are, it doesn't matter. The result is the same.”
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“The worst part about doing something inexcusable is that you can never take it back. It's like breaking a glass. It can't unbreak. The best you can do it sweep it up, and hope you don't step on the slivers you left behind.”
― Dry
― Dry
“A library in the middle of a community is a cross between an emergency exit, a life-raft and a festival. They are cathedrals of the mind; hospitals of the soul; theme parks of the imagination. On a cold rainy island, they are the only sheltered public spaces where you are not a consumer, but a citizen instead”
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“This isn't the same world it was yesterday.”
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Gen X Swifties Who Read
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For Swifties of a certain age who also have an affection for the written word.
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Crystal’s 2025 Year in Books
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