‘Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.’ - Lemony Snicket
'The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.'
- Alan Bennett, The History Boys
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The Sun is out, time to get your books out.
'Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly - they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.'
- Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
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Frank & Red, Think Twice, The Love of My Afterlife & Lessons In Cruelty - There is a theme...
"A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors." – Charles Baudelaire
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Wine, Food, Karma & Paradise...
- Hazel Butterfield
- 29 February 2024
“Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.” - Alberto Manguel, A Reading Diary
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“Reality doesn’t always give us the life that we desire, but we can always find what we desire between the pages of books.”
- Hazel Butterfield
- 05 February 2024
“One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
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How can you tell the difference between someone who is proud of their achievements to those who boast to cover up a deeper issue?
Do you like to ‘Keep up with the Joneses’ or happy to just bake them a cake?
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