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Blake Roche
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As Felix put it to me, “Old age is a continuous series of losses.” Philip Roth put it more bitterly in his novel Everyman: “Old age is not a battle. Old age is a massacre.”
“I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.”
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“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time.”
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
“If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky.”
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Blake’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Blake’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
0 books
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33 friends
1,346 books
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155 friends
761 books
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104 friends
3,131 books
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112 friends
978 books
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45 friends
1,015 books
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8 friends
290 books
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74 friends
400 books
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34 friends
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