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The pawn dealer was always impressed by Pierrot’s perspicuity when it came to selecting the paintings. He always plucked incredible works of art, the most valuable pieces in the collection.
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“EVIL COMES OFTEN to a man with money; tyranny comes surely to him without it.”
― The Walking Drum: A Novel
― The Walking Drum: A Novel
“Two slightly scratched and dented leftovers from the jumble sale of life”
― Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna
― Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna
“the piquant fact about Lydgate was his good birth”
― Middlemarch (Unabridged): Enriched edition. Victorian Provincial Lives, Marriage, Idealism, and Social Change in 19th-Century England
― Middlemarch (Unabridged): Enriched edition. Victorian Provincial Lives, Marriage, Idealism, and Social Change in 19th-Century England
“It’s simply that Uncle knows one has to make regular sacrifices to the gods of happiness by wasting time”
― Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna
― Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna
“what I’m pointing out to you, M. Poirot, is that you can’t just dismiss the criminal with a doctrine of original sin, or wilful disregard of the laws of the land. You’ve got to have an understanding of the root of the trouble if you’re ever to effect a cure of the young delinquent.”
― Hickory Dickory Dock
― Hickory Dickory Dock
James ’s 2025 Year in Books
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