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One can’t judge till one’s forty; before that we’re too eager, too hard, too cruel, and in addition much too ignorant. I’m sorry for you; it will be a long time before you’re forty. But every gain’s a loss of some kind; I often think that
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“A product would drop out of sight overnight without advertising, I don’t care what it is, a book or a brand of soap, it would drop out of sight. We’ve had the goddam Ages of Faith, we’ve had the goddam Age of Reason. This is the Age of Publicity.”
― The Recognitions
― The Recognitions
“You’ll just have to take our word for it.’ ‘Your Service’s word?’ ‘For the time being, yes.’ ‘On the strength of what? Aren’t you supposed to be the gentlemen who lie for the good of their country?’ ‘That’s diplomats. We’re not gentlemen.’ ‘So you lie to save your hides.’ ‘That’s politicians. Different game entirely.”
― Our Kind of Traitor
― Our Kind of Traitor
Chris’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Chris’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
363 books
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110 friends
210 books
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74 friends
150 books
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40 friends
3 books
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27 friends
242 books
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1,305 friends
69 books
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95 friends
194 books
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27 friends
47 books
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48 friends
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Favorite Genres
Biography, Business, Classics, Cookbooks, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Non-fiction, Psychology, Science fiction, and Travel
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