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“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”
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“And although it might be best of all to be Socrates satisfied, having both happiness and depth, we would give up some happiness in order to gain the depth.”
― The Examined Life: Philosophical Meditations
― The Examined Life: Philosophical Meditations
“When you got to boardroom level”
― Slow Horses
― Slow Horses
“Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions.”
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“I see. Fennan decides to commit suicide. He asks the exchange to ring him at 8:30. He makes himself some cocoa and puts it in the drawing-room. He goes upstairs and types his last letter. He comes down again to shoot himself, leaving the cocoa undrunk. It all hangs together nicely.”
― Call for the Dead
― Call for the Dead
James’s 2025 Year in Books
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846 books
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550 books
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3,624 books
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965 books
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115 books
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225 books
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278 books
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