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that he could have been a model in a magazine, though he didn’t give the impression that it was all too perfect. It looked casual, and naturally neat. And that abundant white hair of his was, like the walls of his mansion, a pure,
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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
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“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end.
But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
― Their Finest Hour
But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
― Their Finest Hour
“But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”
― Alice in Wonderland
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”
― Alice in Wonderland
“It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.”
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“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body; it calls attention to the development of an unhealthy state of things. If it is heeded in time, danger may be averted; if it is suppressed, a fatal distemper may develop."
[New Statesman interview, 7 January 1939]”
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[New Statesman interview, 7 January 1939]”
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Julia’s 2025 Year in Books
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