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Welcome to The Moonlight Quill. Here you will find a modest selection of new and secondhand books available for purchase within Australia. I invite you to also browse through my blog entries to read my thoughts about some of my recent and not so recent reads. New posts fortnightly (motivation permitting).

 

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Power and Class Struggles in Elmet by Fiona Mozley

Who would have thought that when I casually walked up to the book swap shelf at my local shopping centre, I would have found in Elmet by Fiona Mozley one of the most enjoyable reads I have had in recent times.

More often than not the selection at these book swaps can be thinly spread between 50 shades of Grey and countless copies of The Da Vinci Code, I’ve even seen high school text books a few times! In light of recent events in the USA, I think we should start a campaign to make book swap shelves great again! Anyway, Imagine my surprise when I found a copy of this 2017 Man Booker nominated work on the shelf.

 

 

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"In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them."

~ Mark Twain  ~
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2016-11-22T10:50:23+00:00
"In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them." ~ Mark Twain  ~
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges
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2017-07-10T12:42:08+00:00
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” ― Jorge Luis Borges
“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
― Ernest Hemingway
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2017-07-10T12:43:17+00:00
“There is no friend as loyal as a book.” ― Ernest Hemingway
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
― Charles William Eliot
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2017-07-10T12:47:24+00:00
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” ― Charles William Eliot
“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
― William Styron, Conversations with William Styron    
The Moonlight Quill
2017-07-10T12:50:12+00:00
“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.” ― William Styron, Conversations with William Styron    
“We live for books.”
― Umberto Eco
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2017-07-10T12:53:16+00:00
“We live for books.” ― Umberto Eco
“Books are the mirrors of the soul.”
― Virginia Woolf, Between the Acts    
The Moonlight Quill
2017-07-10T12:54:05+00:00
“Books are the mirrors of the soul.” ― Virginia Woolf, Between the Acts    
“Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.”
― Dave Eggers
The Moonlight Quill
2017-07-10T12:55:40+00:00
“Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.” ― Dave Eggers
“Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?”
― Christopher Paolini
The Moonlight Quill
2017-07-10T12:58:16+00:00
“Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?” ― Christopher Paolini
“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Moonlight Quill
2017-07-10T12:59:21+00:00
“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.”
― Franz Kafka
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2017-07-10T13:00:07+00:00
“Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.” ― Franz Kafka
“It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.”
― Jo Walton, Among Others    
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2017-07-10T13:02:08+00:00
“It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others    
“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
The Moonlight Quill
2019-05-14T12:29:47+00:00
“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
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison
The Moonlight Quill
2019-05-14T12:30:37+00:00
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.” ― Toni Morrison
“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.”
― Anna Quindlen, How Reading Changed My Life
The Moonlight Quill
2019-05-14T12:37:54+00:00
“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.” ― Anna Quindlen, How Reading Changed My Life
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