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“The soul withdrew to a rational silence. The body remained there in the madness.”
― The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust
― The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust
“In familiar surroundings our manners are cheerful and easy, but only transport us to places where we know no one and no one knows us, and Lord! how uncomfortable we become!”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
“I’m sure people did question whether Italian printers were quite the right people to legislate on the meaning of everything; but on the other hand, resistance was obviously useless against a family that could invent italics.”
― Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
― Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
“one might dare to say that while the full stop is the lumpen male of the punctuation world (do one job at a time; do it well; forget about it instantly), the apostrophe is the frantically multi-tasking female, dotting hither and yon, and succumbing to burnout from all the thankless effort.”
― Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
― Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Alison Shuman’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alison Shuman’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
230 books
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24 friends
23 books
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65 friends
48 books
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51 friends
104 books
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18 friends
445 books
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18 friends
63 books
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11 friends
0 books
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10 friends
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