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Les is Currently Reading

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Bluenose Ghosts

by Helen Creighton

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Jan 15, 2026 02:28PM

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The Orphan of Florence

by Jeanne Kalogridis (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 02, 2026 03:46AM

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Prelude to Foundation (Foundation, #6)

by Isaac Asimov

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Les’s Quotes

“Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.”
― Jean de La Fontaine

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“People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little.”
― James Hilton, Lost Horizon

tags: life, people, viewpoint

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“There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.”
― Irving Stone, Clarence Darrow for the Defense

tags: books, friendship

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“There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.”
― P.G. Wodehouse

tags: friendship, literature

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“A divine 'punishment’ is also a divine 'gift’, if accepted, since its object is ultimate blessing, and the supreme inventiveness of the Creator will make 'punishments’ (that is changes of design) produce a good not otherwise to be attained”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

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