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Even the worst Party member was worth more to them than the best ordinary citizen.
“I like to think that it isn't weakness or evasion, but a final act of kindness, a stand against oblivion and despair, ...”
― Atonement
― Atonement
“A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.”
― Atonement
― Atonement
“We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won't do harm - yes, choose a place where you won't do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.”
― A Room with a View
― A Room with a View
“Why are the Fens flat? So God has a clear view...”
― Waterland
― Waterland
“You ever wonder what a Martian might think if he happened to land near an emergency room? He’d see an ambulance whizzing in and everybody running out to meet it, tearing the doors open, grabbing up the stretcher, scurrying along with it. ‘Why,’ he’d say, ‘what a helpful planet, what kind and helpful creatures.’ He’d never guess we’re not always that way; that we had to, oh, put aside our natural selves to do it. ‘What a helpful race of beings,’ a Martian would say. Don’t you think so?”
― The Accidental Tourist
― The Accidental Tourist
Phil’s 2019 Year in Books
Take a look at Phil’s Year in Books. The good, the bad, the long, the short—it’s all here.
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22 friends
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34 books
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11 books
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102 friends
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