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“She’s closing her drapes again,” the man on the right said. It was standard practice in the west of Texas, in the summer, especially if your bedroom faced south, like this one did. Unless you wanted to sleep the next night in a room hotter
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“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
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“Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning. ”
― Peter Pan
― Peter Pan
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“In politics as in philosophy, my tenets are few and simple. The leading one of which, and indeed that which embraces most others, is to be honest and just ourselves and to exact it from others, meddling as little as possible in their affairs where our own are not involved. If this maxim was generally adopted, wars would cease and our swords would soon be converted into reap hooks and our harvests be more peaceful, abundant, and happy.”
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Shawn’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shawn’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
462 books
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290 friends
81 books
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51 friends
565 books
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905 friends
1,029 books
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47 friends
64 books
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20 friends
487 books
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107 friends
1,987 books
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20 friends
541 books
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101 friends
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