“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few are to be chewed and digested.”
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“Faith does not, in the realist, spring from the miracle but the miracle from faith. If the realist once believes, then he is bound by his very realism to admit the miraculous also.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“If people only made prudent marriages, what a stop to population there would be!”
― Vanity Fair
― Vanity Fair
“There were thousands of Kantoreks, all of whom were convinced that they were acting for the best--in a way that cost them nothing. And that is why they let us down so badly.”
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“The way British publishing works is that you go from not being published no matter how good you are, to being published no matter how bad you are.”
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Umesh’s 2025 Year in Books
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