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Catherine
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“Isn’t it queer: there are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before; like the larks in this country, that have been singing the same five notes over for thousands of years.”
― O Pioneers!
― O Pioneers!
“Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.”
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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”
― The Innocents Abroad / Roughing It
― The Innocents Abroad / Roughing It
“If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!”
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“For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.”
― Bird by Bird
― Bird by Bird
Dr. Beattie's Book Recommendations
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Here are some books that I enjoyed that may help get you through this time of social distancing. Let me know if you have any recommendations you would ...more
Catherine’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Catherine’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,436 books
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121 friends
2,118 books
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89 friends
1,081 books
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4,992 friends
858 books
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176 friends
1,226 books
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45 friends
724 books
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182 friends
1,027 books
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14 friends
1,266 books
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55 friends
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