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The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 26, 2026 02:48PM

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Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin

by Jill Lepore

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Ann Lewis said: " I LOVED this book. I loved the writing of a brilliant historian who did her homework. This book spoke to me on every level. I've copied so many excerpts from it about writing and recording history from the words Jane and her brother and others who li ...more "

Aug 13, 2021 11:52AM · see review

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The Old Testament: King James Version

by Anonymous

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Ann Lewis said: " This is my 4th time to read the entire OT. Many gems here. "

Dec 19, 2022 07:57AM · see review

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“Two all-important lessons of history stand clearly expressed in this our national Capitol. The first is that little of consequence is ever accomplished alone. High achievement is nearly always a joint effort, as has been shown again and again in these halls when the leaders of different parties, representatives from differing constituencies and differing points of view, have been able, for the good of the country, to put those differences aside and work together.”
― David McCullough, The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For

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“But my interest is in how these marks that I am scratching on this page can mean anything at all. If they can have meaning, then life can have meaning, then I can have meaning.”
― Percival Everett, James

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“What wisdom the Lord does not see fit to endow us with at birth, He provides through the gift of experience.”
― Amor Towles, The Lincoln Highway

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“Everything in arms. Did not find time to sit down till 2 pm.” The phrase is idiomatic, of course, yet it suggests an attitude. A house could be an adversary. Turn your back, and it rippled into disorder. Chairs tipped. Candles slumped. Egg yolks hardened in cold skillets. Dust settled like snow. Only by constant effort could a woman conquer her possessions. Mustering grease and ashes, shaking feather beds and pillows to attention, scrubbing floors and linens into subjection, she restored a fragile order to a fallen world.”
― Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812

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“have read thousands of books, many of them more than once. I have read histories and novels, scientific tracts and volumes of poetry. And from all of these pages upon pages, one thing I have learned is that there is just enough variety in human experience for every single person in a city the size of New York to feel with assurance that their experience is unique. And this is a wonderful thing. Because to aspire, to fall in love, to stumble as we do and yet soldier on, at some level we must believe that what we are going through has never been experienced quite as we have experienced it.”
― Amor Towles, The Lincoln Highway

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