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Bob Weaver
http://ancientfarfuture.blogspot.com
“Am taking legal advice to ascertain whether strangling an idiot nephew counts as murder. If it doesn't look out for yourself.”
― Right Ho, Jeeves
― Right Ho, Jeeves
“We must hold to a rigid accountability those public servants who show unfaithfulness to the interests of the nation or inability to rise to the high level of the new demands upon our strength and our resources.”
― Strenuous Life
― Strenuous Life
“I also work here because I love books, because I'm inveterately curious, and because, like most librarians, I'm not well suited to anything else. As a breed, we're the ultimate generalists. I'll never know everything about anything, but I'll know something about almost everything and that's how I like to live.”
― The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family
― The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family
“A library is a miracle. A place where you can learn just about anything, for free. A place where your mind can come alive.”
― The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family
― The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family
“Books are almost as individual as friends. There is no earthly use in laying down general laws about them. Some meet the needs of one person, and some of another; and each person should beware of the booklover’s besetting sin, of what Mr. Edgar Allan Poe calls ‘the mad pride of intellectuality’, taking the shape of arrogant pity for the man who does not like the same kind of books.”
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Bob’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Bob’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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