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“I really didn't realize the librarians were, you know, such a dangerous group.
They are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn't mess with them. You know, they've had their budgets cut. They're paid nothing. Books are falling apart. The libraries are just like the ass end of everything, right?”
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They are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn't mess with them. You know, they've had their budgets cut. They're paid nothing. Books are falling apart. The libraries are just like the ass end of everything, right?”
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“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.”
― Bluebeard's Egg
― Bluebeard's Egg
“I’ve always thought that creating machines for tasks we could just as easily accomplish ourselves is unforgiveable – the battery-powered pepper mill comes in for particularly venomous scorn in our household. It’s a potent symbol of a society that’s going backwards.”
― Cræft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts
― Cræft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts
“Be silent and safe — silence never betrays you;
Be true to your word and your work and your friend;
Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you,
Nor judge of a road till it draw to the end.”
― Life of John Boyle O'Reilly
Be true to your word and your work and your friend;
Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you,
Nor judge of a road till it draw to the end.”
― Life of John Boyle O'Reilly
Charlene’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Charlene’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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43 friends
1,817 books
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230 friends
70 books
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33 friends
202 books
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13 friends
1 book
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11 friends
66 books
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7 friends
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