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“Even if you are learning facts that you are not going to be able to use in your daily life, it enriches you – the fact itself just enriches you as a human being and broadens your outlook on life and makes you a more understanding and better person.”
― The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life
― The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life
“Yet I still believe in the will to live. I believe in positivity. I believe in optimism. I believe in hope, and I certainly believe in the power of prayer.”
― The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life
― The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life
“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while things that are uncomfortable, palpitating, and even gruesome, may make a good tale, and take a deal of telling anyway.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“I don't like to use the words batting or fighting when talking about cancer. It suggests that there are only two outcomes: winning and losing. If you don't get well, then you are a "loser." If you have decided to stop treatment, you are "giving up." That's nonsense....It is not a fair fight. Not even close. It is simple biology. You get treatment and you get better. Or you don't. And neither outcome is an indication of your strength as a person.”
― The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life
― The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life
The Quick and the Dead
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Quasi-scholarly discussions of various books by authors both alive and deceased. Tweed jackets with elbow pads are not required, but are strongly sugg ...more
Christian’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Christian’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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