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Avis Black
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“Should we be rewriting history just to make people feel good? That's not history, that's psychiatry.”
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“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. ”
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“If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.”
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“Memoirs are the backstairs of history.”
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“Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.”
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Avis’s 2025 Year in Books
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