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I must confess I dip in and out of this brilliant parody of Austen's world. I just love looking at the pictures - particularly one where Elizabeth delivers a high kick to a 'sorry stricken's' head using her Ancient Tibetan martial arts. Haven't read
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Bob Scheer said:
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This is a book I will dip into again and again. I love the direct and self deprecatory style. I love the lessons the author shares of being kind to yourself, accepting where you are but doing something rather than nothing, even just visualising what
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“It makes you wonder. All the brilliant things we might have done with our lives if only we suspected we knew how.”
― Bel Canto
― Bel Canto
“Life is mostly froth and bubble,
Two things stand like stone.
Kindness in another's trouble,
Courage in your own.”
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Two things stand like stone.
Kindness in another's trouble,
Courage in your own.”
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“Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.”
― Notebooks 1935-1942
― Notebooks 1935-1942
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
Bob’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Bob’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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