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“Words define us, they explain us, and, on occasion, they serve to control or isolate us.”
― The Dictionary of Lost Words
― The Dictionary of Lost Words
“I think I'm more concerned with things that are very big and things that are very small than with all the stuff in between.”
― Naïve. Super
― Naïve. Super
“How reassuring it must be to know how you should act: like having a definition of yourself written clearly in black type.”
― The Dictionary of Lost Words
― The Dictionary of Lost Words
“What is above all needed is to let the meaning choose the word, and not the other way around. In prose, the worst thing you can do with words is to surrender to them.”
― Politics and the English Language
― Politics and the English Language
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
Martine’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Martine’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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82 friends
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215 friends
482 books
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460 books
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78 friends
953 books
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1,224 books
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119 friends
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24 friends
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