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Hilary
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I aspired to many of my mother’s qualities—strength, diligence, zeal—but my aunt was a powerful introduction to the idea that these features did not require militancy to survive. That strength abides as fully in restraint as it does in
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“Go then, there are other worlds than these.”
― The Gunslinger
― The Gunslinger
“You needn't die happy when your time comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from the beginning to the end and ka is always served.”
― The Dark Tower
― The Dark Tower
“I could never have gone far in any science because on the path of every science the lion Mathematics lies in wait for you.”
― Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
― Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
“the greatest service we can do to education today is to teach fewer subjects. No one has time to do more than a very few things well before he is twenty, and when we force a boy to be a mediocrity in a dozen subjects, we destroy his standards, perhaps for life.”
― Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
― Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
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Hilary’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Hilary’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
141 books
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70 friends
556 books
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135 books
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98 books
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198 books
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19 books
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