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woodworking mentioned so it’s officially my favorite book

“As he sanded the old boards for his bookcases, and saw the surface roughnesses disappear, the gray weathering flake away to the essential wood and finally to the rich purity of grain and texture—as he repaired his furniture and arranged it in the room, it was himself that he was slowly shaping, it was himself that he was making possible.”

“He brushed against polished walls in the corridor, and he thought he could feel the warmth and age of the wood. He turned his hands about under his gaze, marveling at the intricate way the nails fit into his blunt finger-ends; he thought he could feel the blood flowing invisibly through the tiny veins and arteries, throbbing delicately and precariously from his fingertips through his body. “

god he’s so me