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Bevan Thomas @bevanthomas@mstdn.ca · Jul 18, 2026

"As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primaeval swamps and Uncle James's letter about Cousin Mabel's peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle ('Please read this carefully and send it on Jane') the clan has a tendency to ignore me. It's one of the advantages I get from being a bachelor."

  • P. G. Wodehouse, "The Inimitable Jeeves"

#BookWormSat #Literature #Fiction #Comedy #Satire #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #Jeeves #JeevesAndWooster

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Bevan Thomas @bevanthomas@mstdn.ca · Jul 18, 2026

LAND, n. A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure....

MONEY, n. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it. An evidence of culture and a passport to polite society. Supportable property.

POLITENESS, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.

  • Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

#BookWormSat #BookChatWeekly #Literature #Comedy #Satire #Dictionary #DevilsDictionary #AmbroseBierce

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Bevan Thomas @bevanthomas@mstdn.ca · Jul 04, 2026

"It was a snowflake; the most beautiful he had ever seen, for it was magnified into an exquisite and intricate pattern: a star glistening like crystal in the soft light. And then the most extraordinary thing happened. The star began to move.... It gradually assumed the shape of a tiny silver spider. Had the wind heard [Gwyn] after after? Was he a magician then?"

  • Jenny Nimmo, "The Snow Spider"

#BookWormSat #Mythology #Folklore #Fiction #ChildrensFiction #FantasyFiction #Literature #ChildrensLiterature #FantasyLiterature #JennyNimmo

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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 04, 2026
The most important fantasy literature for me growing up were the Target #DoctorWho novelisations, most written with brio by former script editor Terrance Dicks, the others by the writers of the original teleplays. It was a thrill as each came out: you never knew which story it would be! #BookWormSat
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Julie Shiel @forgottenbeauty.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jun 27, 2026
“Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don't they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.” ― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine 🎨Gustave Dore www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3536... #BookwormSat #art #fineart #giftidea #literature #bookchatweekly #wallart Flowers in a Landscape, Summer...
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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jun 27, 2026

"In the depth of winter I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."

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