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Language has gone on a long walk from the nineteenth century. ‘Sensible’ used to mean ‘sensitive’. ‘Gay’ used to mean ‘jolly’. ‘Lunatic asylum’ and ‘asylum seeker’ both use the same basic meaning of ‘asylum’: an inviolable place of refuge
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“This is how the entire course of a life can be changed: by doing nothing.”
― On Chesil Beach
― On Chesil Beach
“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Don't let the bastards grind you down.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
“You know someone's right for you when the things they don't have to say are even more important than the things they do.”
― Sing You Home
― Sing You Home
“The world should take note: not everything is getting worse.”
― Saturday
― Saturday
“The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous”
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George’s 2025 Year in Books
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