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“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.
Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
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Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
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“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
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“Men of power have not time to read, yet men who do not read are not fit for power. ”
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“What ho!" I said.
"What ho!" said Motty.
"What ho! What ho!"
"What ho! What ho! What ho!"
After that it seemed rather difficult to go on with the conversation.”
― My Man Jeeves
"What ho!" said Motty.
"What ho! What ho!"
"What ho! What ho! What ho!"
After that it seemed rather difficult to go on with the conversation.”
― My Man Jeeves
“When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you. The public library is a great equalizer.”
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Curmudgeon’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Curmudgeon’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Art, Biography, Classics, Fiction, Graphic novels, History, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Music, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, and Science
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