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He paused at the door. ‘There are different types of courage,’ he said gloomily. ‘Few have them all in good measure.’
“Never mind what she was; look at what she is!”
― Wives and Daughters
― Wives and Daughters
“The trick is learning to frame your new ideas as tweaks of old ideas, to mix a little fluency with a little disfluency—to make your audience see the familiarity behind the surprise.”
― Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
― Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
“To immerse oneself in popular culture for any length of time is to wallow in an almost unbearable shallowness. Was the sum of European endeavour and achievement really meant to culminate in this?”
― The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam
― The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam
“Oh, don't be so wise and stupid.”
― Wives and Daughters
― Wives and Daughters
“If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences—and infer the motivation.”
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Irena’s 2025 Year in Books
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