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When you are writing laws you are testing words to find their utmost power. Like spells, they have to make things happen in the real world, and like spells, they only work if people believe in them. If your law exacts a penalty, you must be
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“When you are writing laws you are testing words to find their utmost power. Like spells, they have to make things happen in the real world, and like spells, they only work if people believe in them. If your law exacts a penalty, you must be able to enforce it – on the rich as well as the poor, the people on the Scottish borders and the Welsh marches, the men of Cornwall as well as the men of Sussex and Kent.”
― Wolf Hall
― Wolf Hall
“The fate of peoples is made like this, two men in small rooms. Forget the coronations, the conclaves of cardinals, the pomp and processions. This is how the world changes: a counter pushed across a table, a pen stroke that alters the force of a phrase, a woman's sigh as she passes and leaves on the air a trail of orange flower or rosewater; her hand pulling close the bed curtain, the discreet sigh of flesh against flesh.”
― Wolf Hall
― Wolf Hall
Nancy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Nancy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
421 books
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177 friends
473 books
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57 friends
446 books
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70 friends
239 books
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36 friends
71 books
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2 friends
11 books
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21 friends
765 books
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34 friends
826 books
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Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Philosophy, Thriller, and Travel
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