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Alec Downie
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“Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark ... In any library in the world, I am at home, unselfconscious, still and absorbed."
[Still in Melbourne January 1987]”
― Daddy, We Hardly Knew You
[Still in Melbourne January 1987]”
― Daddy, We Hardly Knew You
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”
― If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
― If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
“Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else.”
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
“Welcome to Hell. Here's your accordion.”
― The Complete Far Side, 1980–1994
― The Complete Far Side, 1980–1994
“Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
Alec’s 2025 Year in Books
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