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Jody Jody said: " Nick and I were recently talking about stories that draw us back to them again and again... I mentioned this one (though, really, I have a tendency to re-read many books that shaped my youth more than I read anything new these days!).

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"The first third has been the best part so far... The middle is making me irritated. The idea of a gift (or barter) society as described only works well as long as humans are basically good, but we're not. Also not a fan of dragging political commentary into the conversation here." Feb 28, 2026 10:57PM

 
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Oscar Wilde
“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
Oscar Wilde

Emily Dickinson
“There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away
Nor any Coursers like a Page
Of prancing Poetry –
This Traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of Toll –
How frugal is the Chariot
That bears a Human soul.”
Emily Dickinson, Selected Poems

G.K. Chesterton
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”
G.K. Chesterton

G.K. Chesterton
“Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again" to the sun; and every evening, "Do it again" to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.”
G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy

Victor Hugo
“Life's great happiness is to be convinced we are loved.”
Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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