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Heartstone (Matthew Shardlake, #5)

by C.J. Sansom

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Book cover for The Magic Mountain: As Seen on BBC Between the Covers

The Magic Mountain: As Seen on BBC Between the Covers by Thomas Mann

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Space, like time, engenders forgetfulness; but it does so by setting us bodily free from our surroundings and giving us back our primitive, unattached state. Yes, it can even, in the twinkling of an eye, make something like a vagabond of ...more

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Adam’s Quotes

“Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me.”
― Anatole France

tags: books, lending, library

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“Look! Why want anything more marvellous than what is.”
― Diana Athill, Alive, Alive Oh!: And Other Things That Matter

tags: existence, poetry, want

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“Looking at things is never time wasted. If your children want to stand and stare, let them. When I was marvelling at the beauty of a painting or enjoying a great view it did not occur to me that the experience, however intense, would be of value many years later. But there it has remained, tucked away in hidden bits of my mind and now it comes, shouldering aside even the most passionate love affairs.”
― Diana Athill

tags: art, memory, old-age

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