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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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“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
“A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.”
― Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
― Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
“It is the history of our kindnesses that alone make this world tolerable. If it were not for that, for the effect of kind words, kind looks, kind letters . . . I should be inclined to think our life a practical jest in the worst possible spirit.”
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“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
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“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
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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.
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70 friends
558 books
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183 friends
18,146 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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6 books
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