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“The law is not a "light" for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. ...The law is a causeway upon which, so long as he keeps to it, a citizen may walk safely.”
― A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts
― A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts
“...for in that city [New York] there is neurosis in the air which the inhabitants mistake for energy.”
― Brideshead Revisited
― Brideshead Revisited
“I tell you naught for your comfort,
Yea, naught for your desire,
Save that the sky grows darker yet
And the sea rises higher.”
― The Ballad of the White Horse
Yea, naught for your desire,
Save that the sky grows darker yet
And the sea rises higher.”
― The Ballad of the White Horse
“The trouble with modern education is you never know how ignorant people are. With anyone over fifty you can be fairly confident what's been taught and what's been left out. But these young people have such an intelligent, knowledgeable surface, and then the crust suddenly breaks and you look down into depths of confusion you didn't know existed.”
― Brideshead Revisited
― Brideshead Revisited
“It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.”
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Chad’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Chad’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Business, Children's, Classics, Fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Philosophy, Poetry, and Science
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