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Item: young man of excellent education and difficult family seeks wealthy bride. Tendency to social disaster mostly counterbalanced by skill at crossword puzzles and cross-country running.’”
“I assume the gargoyle does not require refreshments?” “I don’t think so. Should it?” “I imagine not, sir, being of a stone constitution, but I find it best to never assume anything when it comes to matters of unnatural animation.”
― Between Two Thorns
― Between Two Thorns
“In Italy ‘ruins generally form themselves’, quipped the Italian, ‘but in St Petersburg they are built from scratch’.”
― Glorious Misadventures: Nikolai Rezanov and the Dream of a Russian America
― Glorious Misadventures: Nikolai Rezanov and the Dream of a Russian America
“It’s like you tune in to a supernatural event, and anyone who is destined to interact with that event picks up the same psychic signature. You tune in to radio-station freaky and write what you hear.”
― Eight Million Gods
― Eight Million Gods
“Tools exist for only one reason: to force the universe into unnatural shapes.”
― Beyond the Rift
― Beyond the Rift
“Print is predictable and impersonal, conveying information in a mechanical transaction with the reader’s eye.
Handwriting, by contrast, resists the eye, reveals its meaning slowly, and is as intimate as skin.”
― A Tale for the Time Being
Handwriting, by contrast, resists the eye, reveals its meaning slowly, and is as intimate as skin.”
― A Tale for the Time Being
Addison’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Addison’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
467 books
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136 friends
97 books
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296 books
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305 friends
4,066 books
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211 books
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54 friends
336 books
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128 friends
227 books
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14 friends
1,063 books
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97 friends
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