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“We shall do our best to avoid the factual error of looking for so-called "real life" in novels. Let us not try and reconcile the fictions of facts with the facts of fiction.
... A master piece of fiction is an original world and as such is not likely to fit the world of the reader.”
― Lectures on Don Quixote
... A master piece of fiction is an original world and as such is not likely to fit the world of the reader.”
― Lectures on Don Quixote
“It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible.
Nicomachean Ethics”
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Nicomachean Ethics”
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“He stood by me when I was crazy and I stood by him when he was drunk; now, sir, we stand by each other always.”
Sherman on his relationship with Grant”
― Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman
Sherman on his relationship with Grant”
― Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman
“An aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom , but to set a limit on infinite error.
Life of Galileo Quoted in The Perfectionists”
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Life of Galileo Quoted in The Perfectionists”
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“Love sucks; true love swallows. As I recall, I’ve always taken every last drop,”
― Carnal Secrets
― Carnal Secrets
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Phrodrick’s 2023 Year in Books
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