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Emily at Reaching While Rooted
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My tyrant sister has driven me here to complete the prescribed reading, as tomorrow there is an examination. I loathe examinations. They prove simply nothing, only that it is possible, after all, to mould another into the shape of one’s
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“No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.”
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“Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes afterward.”
― The Kitchen God's Wife
― The Kitchen God's Wife
“A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.”
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“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
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“People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.”
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Science Book Club for the Curious
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Feeling inquisitive? Looking for good conversation? Love science and books? The Science Book Club for the Curious is just the thing for you. This virt ...more
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Whether it be an in-depth look at our natural world through essays written by past and present authors such as H.D. Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Cars ...more
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