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read in July 2020
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I REALLY enjoyed this book, which was a bedtime book for my five year-old. The chapters, generally having only one or two black and white illustrations and a lot of words, stretched her patience further than it usually has to go for our bedtime books
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"I am enjoying this book entirely too much. Each chapter thus far has been funny and sweet. How are Henry's parents so chill? We're reading this book at night and I am clearly the one enjoying it the most, but Chris and Trixie are liking it as well." — Jul 21, 2020 09:51PM
"I am enjoying this book entirely too much. Each chapter thus far has been funny and sweet. How are Henry's parents so chill? We're reading this book at night and I am clearly the one enjoying it the most, but Chris and Trixie are liking it as well." — Jul 21, 2020 09:51PM
“I am looking for friends. What does that mean -- tame?"
"It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It means to establish ties."
"To establish ties?"
"Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world....”
― The Little Prince
"It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It means to establish ties."
"To establish ties?"
"Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world....”
― The Little Prince
“Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune," but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
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“Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.”
― Anne of Green Gables
― Anne of Green Gables
Whitney’s 2025 Year in Books
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