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first glance the best you might say for my parents’ marriage is that my mother never stabbed my father in the ass with the carving knife. If you look closer, you see they’ve found a lifestyle designed for the long haul. My father makes a
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“It seems to me that the good lord in his infinate wisdom gave us three things to make life bearable- hope, jokes, and dogs. But the greatest of these was dogs.”
― Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback
― Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback
“Give bad news swiftly, and spread out the good news. Machiavelli.”
― A Great Reckoning
― A Great Reckoning
“Armand Gamache knew no good ever came from putting up walls. What people mistook for safety was in fact captivity. And few things thrived in captivity.”
― A Trick of the Light
― A Trick of the Light
“We are a nation of egoists. It is our glory, but it will be our destruction, for none of us can be made to concern ourselves about something as abstract as “the common good”. The best of us can rise to feeling concern for our families, but as a nation we are incapable of more.”
― Death in a Strange Country
― Death in a Strange Country
“Half of stayin alive is pickin your pardner.”
― The Way West
― The Way West
Fred’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Fred’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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14 friends
149 books
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45 friends
135 books
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14 friends
1,849 books
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11 friends
60 books
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27 friends
6 books
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20 friends
1 book
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23 friends
17 books
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8 friends
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