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There was plenty to see, he thought. A great, unseen hand depressed the keys of the city, sounding notes held constant in the many windows, a thousand little squares of humming light. These seemed to float independently, since the tall
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“Men often commit verbicide because they want to snatch a word as a party banner, to appropriate its “selling quality.”
― On Writing (and Writers): A Miscellany of Advice and Opinions
― On Writing (and Writers): A Miscellany of Advice and Opinions
“maturity is knowing that when your mood is down you should not trust the way you see yourself”
― Clarity & Connection
― Clarity & Connection
“embrace change, but keep pursuing your goals”
― Clarity & Connection
― Clarity & Connection
“Adam Smith would compose the founding text of modern economics— Inquiry Concerning the Wealth of Nations—in a language that was, it is all too easy to forget, a foreign tongue to him.”
― How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything In It
― How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything In It
“This is another persistent myth: that Highlanders supported Bonnie Prince Charlie out of some ancient, mystical loyalty to the Stuarts. The truth was that the alliance between the Crown and the clan chieftains was one of mutual self-interest.”
― How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything In It
― How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything In It
Erikka’s 2025 Year in Books
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