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Fernando
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“The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.”
― The Journal of Jules Renard
― The Journal of Jules Renard
“Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.”
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“You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
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“The covers of this book are too far apart.”
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“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body; it calls attention to the development of an unhealthy state of things. If it is heeded in time, danger may be averted; if it is suppressed, a fatal distemper may develop."
[New Statesman interview, 7 January 1939]”
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[New Statesman interview, 7 January 1939]”
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Fernando’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Fernando’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,333 books
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23 friends
474 books
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363 books
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278 books
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40 books
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60 books
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18 books
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