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“A wise old owl once lived in a wood, the more he heard the less he said, the less he said the more he heard, let's emulate that wise old bird.”
― At Swim-Two-Birds
― At Swim-Two-Birds
“It is easy to sympathize at a distance,' said an old gentleman with a beard. 'I value more the kind word that is spoken close to my ear.”
― A Passage to India
― A Passage to India
“History cannot give us a program for the future, but it can give us a fuller understanding of ourselves, and of our common humanity, so that we can better face the future.”
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“The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions,—the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasant thought and feeling.”
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“Other letters simply relate the small events that punctuate the passage of time: roses picked at dusk, the laziness of a rainy Sunday, a child crying himself to sleep. Capturing the moment, these small slices of life, these small gusts of happiness, move me more deeply than all the rest. A couple of lines or eight pages, a Middle Eastern stamp or a suburban postmark . . . I hoard all these letters like treasure. One day I hope to fasten them end to end in a half-mile streamer, to float in the wind like a banner raised to the glory of friendship.
It will keep the vultures at bay.”
― The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death
It will keep the vultures at bay.”
― The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death
Mason’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mason’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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61 friends
546 books
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50 friends
1,334 books
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181 friends
834 books
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216 friends
508 books
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100 friends
801 books
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412 friends
2,178 books
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104 friends
1,268 books
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118 friends
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