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The book did not have a good reputation, and not just because it was associated with the Lost Radiants. Stories of a king doing the work of a menial laborer were the least of its discomforting passages. In other places, it outright said
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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.”
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“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.”
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“Look! Why want anything more marvellous than what is.”
― Alive, Alive Oh!: And Other Things That Matter
― Alive, Alive Oh!: And Other Things That Matter
“Your first minutes on the streets of an unfamiliar city are always special; what happens in later months or years can never supplant them. These minutes are filled with the visual equivalent of nuclear energy”
― An Armenian Sketchbook
― An Armenian Sketchbook
Adam’s 2025 Year in Books
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