Oranges and Lemons (Bryant & May #17)
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Read between March 2 - March 10, 2021
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‘The writer H. H. Munro said that the young have aspirations that never come to pass and the old have reminiscences of what never happened,’ Bryant replied unhelpfully.
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His treasured volumes amounted to little more than a hodgepodge of bookshop clearances and charity-shop rejects, yet he treated them as if they belonged in the great library at Alexandria.
Pat Taber
Well , they do. All books belong in the Library at Alexandria.
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The powerless can only observe. That, I know now, is why social media remains so popular; it is the home of the powerless.
Pat Taber
Oh, snap.
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Did you know there are virtually no female magicians? They only get to be the assistants to males.’
Pat Taber
And yet, my wife is a female magician. She does about 100 gigs a year, so I think she’s pretty good at it.