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In literary lore, one of the best stories of all time is a mere six words. “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” It’s the ultimate example of less is more, and you’ll often find it attributed to Ernest Hemingway.
“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
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“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
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“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”
― The Conquest of Happiness
― The Conquest of Happiness
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
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“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. These are the only ways I know it. Is there any other way?”
― Selected Letters
― Selected Letters
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Claire’s 2025 Year in Books
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