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“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”
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“Any formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession - their ignorance.”
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“You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
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“Eccentricity is not, as some would believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd.”
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“Writers shouldn't fear criticism. Instead, they should fear silence. Criticism is healthy. It gets people thinking about your work and, even better, it gets them talking and arguing. But as for silence -- it is the greatest killer of writers. So if you hate a book and want to hurt it -- don't talk about it. And if you hate my books -- please, for God's sake, shout it from the hills! ”
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Pat’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Pat’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
547 books
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93 friends
0 books
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20 friends
4 books
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25 friends
8 books
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10 friends
0 books
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19 friends
0 books
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2 friends
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4 friends
92 books
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12 friends
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