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For years he’d lived by the maxim Henry Green put so beautifully in his public-school memoir Pack My Bag: ‘The safest way to avoid trouble if one may not be going to fit is to take as great a part as possible in what is going on.’ To gain
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“A status symbol is a book. A very easy book to read is The Catcher in the Rye. Walk around with that under your arm, kids. That is status.”
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“By its nature, the metropolis provides what otherwise could be given only by traveling; namely, the strange.”
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
“when the world tells you to shrink, expand.”
― More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are
― More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are
“There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans.”
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“Not TV or illegal drugs but the automobile has been the chief destroyer of American communities.”
― Dark Age Ahead
― Dark Age Ahead
Katrina’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Katrina’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
891 books
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116 friends
556 books
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47 friends
470 books
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80 friends
494 books
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88 friends
0 books
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27 friends
0 books
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132 friends
1 book
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9 friends
459 books
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4 friends
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