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“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
― Conversations with William Styron
― Conversations with William Styron
“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
“Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.”
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“Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.”
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“The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.”
― The History Boys
― The History Boys
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Janie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Janie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
126 books
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80 friends
2,224 books
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124 friends
96 books
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53 friends
1,258 books
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78 friends
305 books
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18 friends
295 books
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20 friends
456 books
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108 friends
43 books
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40 friends
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