Ex Libris Kirkland is my entirely self-centered way to keep track of what I read, what I enjoy, and what I want to remember.
📖 Recent Quotes 📖
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There was a curious mixture in the boy, of uncompleted savagery, and uncompleted civilization.
an excerpt from Our Mutual Friend, written by Charles Dickens in 1865
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Was it the speciality of Mr and Mrs Lammle, or does it ever obtain with other loving couples? In these matrimonial dialogues they never addressed each other, but always some invisible presence that appeared to take a station about midway between them. Perhaps the skeleton in the cupboard comes out to be talked to, on such domestic occasions?
an excerpt from Our Mutual Friend, written by Charles Dickens in 1865
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It is one of the easiest achievements in life to offend your family when your family want to get rid of you.
an excerpt from Our Mutual Friend, written by Charles Dickens in 1865
📓 Recent Notes 📓
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One of the great ones.
an note about Our Mutual Friend, written by Charles Dickens in 1865
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Turns out not even Charles Dickens can get me to read a 400 page book covering the history of England. Maybe one day.
an note about A Child's History of England, written by Charles Dickens in 1853
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All of McGuire's concepts are SO good on paper - what if you ran away from home and found your way to the place where all lost things go? - even down to the idea that it's populated by magpies, and in fact all magpies come from this world - but then there's just so little THERE in the books themselves.
an note about Lost in the Moment and Found, written by Seanan McGuire in 2023
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