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“I sometimes think that normal, everyday life is only a delusion. We walk on a think crust of earth which we call peace; and every now and again we can hear a rumble below our feet; and sometimes the crust splits and we see that, underneath there is a glowing inferno ready to erupt. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't, but it is always there.”
― Decision at Delphi
― Decision at Delphi
“Long dead and buried in another town My mother isn’t finished with me yet.”
― The Madness of Crowds
― The Madness of Crowds
“The problem, in a nutshell, is that collecting books is much more than a hobby. The sheer amount of space required to house most book collections means that whoever shares your living area needs to be very understanding, or more ideally a co-conspirator, because the rest of their lives will be spent making room for your incredibly invasive pastime, until one day they trip on a folio and plummet to their doom down a staircase.”
― Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
― Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
“Americans by the very nature of the soft fat they collected around their brains along with all of their comforts, their total ignorance of historical meanings, their delusion that anarchists were either comic little men plotting nothings in a dark cellar or misunderstood cranks--how could Americans be taken seriously in a world of real politics?”
― Decision at Delphi
― Decision at Delphi
“I’m sorry.’ ‘I was wrong.’ ‘I don’t know.’” As he listed them, Chief Inspector Gamache raised a finger, until his palm was open. “‘I need help.”
― The Madness of Crowds
― The Madness of Crowds
Dorothy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Dorothy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Classics, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, and Travel
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