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“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.”
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“One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion”
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“It is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires.”
― Wolf Hall
― Wolf Hall
“We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.”
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“Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.”
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Mark’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mark’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,604 books
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47 friends
434 books
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134 friends
1,563 books
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81 friends
81 books
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8 friends
46 books
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38 friends
1 book
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9 friends
28 books
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153 friends
6 books
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87 friends
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