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Quality inspector Pat Adkins said: “You can’t actually put into words exactly how you feel about a spacecraft. You use it, you learn it—you know where all its little idiosyncrasies and scars are. You know its weak spots, its strong points.
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“We are not quite novels.
We are not quite short stories.
In the end, we are collected works.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
We are not quite short stories.
In the end, we are collected works.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“The secret was loyalty to the White House and to the Presidency, rather than to whoever happens to be occupying the office for four years, or eight.”
― Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies
― Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies
“Everyone thinks they have good taste, but most people do not have good taste. In fact, I'd argue that most people have terrible taste. When left to their own devices—literally their own devices—they read crap and they don't know the difference.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“Why is any one book different from any other book? They are different, A.J. decides, because they are. We have to look inside many. We have to believe. We agree to be disappointed sometimes so that we can be exhilarated every now and again.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“What is the nature of the border between truth and lies? It is permeable and blurred because it is planted thick with rumour, confabulation, misunderstandings and twisted tales. Truth can break the gates down, truth can howl in the street; unless truth is pleasing, personable and easy to like, she is condemned to stay whimpering at the back door.”
― Bring Up the Bodies
― Bring Up the Bodies
Karen’s 2025 Year in Books
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