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“You cannot have two stories. You can end with only one.”
― The House of Fortune
― The House of Fortune
“I believe that a biography is more effectual than any other kind of literature in turning the mind into a new channel, and causing it to take an interest in the concerns of others rather than its own.
GEORGE HAMILTON-GORDON, 5th EARL of ABERDEEN”
― Fortune's Many Houses: A Victorian Visionary, a Noble Scottish Family, and a Lost Inheritance
GEORGE HAMILTON-GORDON, 5th EARL of ABERDEEN”
― Fortune's Many Houses: A Victorian Visionary, a Noble Scottish Family, and a Lost Inheritance
“Taking my vitamins in the morning reminds me of the sweet, chalky taste of the jar of Flintstones I snuck, in an act of delicious medicinal rebellion, eaten like candy, inches from the television screen.”
― Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
― Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
“Others said--and they meant it as a compliment--- that he was 'utterly unconventional in everything that he did.”
― Fortune's Many Houses: A Victorian Visionary, a Noble Scottish Family, and a Lost Inheritance
― Fortune's Many Houses: A Victorian Visionary, a Noble Scottish Family, and a Lost Inheritance
“And putting something in words----
naming it --- allows us to recognize it
a little better when we come upon it.
It's sorta the point of all this.”
― An Age of License: A Travelogue
naming it --- allows us to recognize it
a little better when we come upon it.
It's sorta the point of all this.”
― An Age of License: A Travelogue
European Royalty
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Jennifer’s 2025 Year in Books
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