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I ended up spending several years doing this research—much more than either I or the publisher had expected.
“The monk in the grip of acedia would find it difficult or impossible to read. Looking away from his book, he might try to distract himself with gossip but would more likely glance in disgust at his surroundings and at his fellow monks. He would feel that things were better somewhere else, that he was wasting his life, that everything was stale and pointless, that he was suffocating.”
― The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
― The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
“I'm not going to stand here and be eaten by some bitch's dinosaur. I am finally doing something with my life.”
― Paper Girls, Volume 1
― Paper Girls, Volume 1
“The backlash against feminism remains savage, strong, and omnipresent, but it is not winning. The world has changed profoundly, and it needs to change far more.”
― Men Explain Things to Me
― Men Explain Things to Me
“Violators of the edict were threatened with eternal damnation and a fine of 10 ducats.”
― The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
― The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
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Our fast-growing classical music group is sometimes erudite - and maybe a little eccentric - but we aim never to be exclusive. Classical music is a g ...more
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