

“A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls. Story-tellers and poets spend their lives learning that skill and art of using words well. And their words make the souls of their readers stronger, brighter, deeper.”
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“Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.”
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“In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.”
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Philip’s 2024 Year in Books
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