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“The masters could not bring water to boil, harness a horse, nor strap their own drawers without us. We were better than them—we had to be. Sloth was literal death for us, while for them it was the whole ambition of their lives.”
― The Water Dancer
― The Water Dancer
Garin’s 2025 Year in Books
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