A Boat Against the Current

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Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Quote of the Day (Jane Austen, on Why ‘Everybody Likes to Go Their Own Way’)

“Everybody likes to go their own way—to choose their own time and manner of devotion.” —English novelist Jane Austen (1775-1817), Mansfield Park (1814)

MikeT at 7:54 PM

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MikeT: I'm a librarian (no, NOT a "cybrarian" or "information scientist" or any of the other trendy terms the profession has come up with), as well as a freelance writer/researcher; my political leanings are contrarian, much to the dismay of friends on the left and right, and so I will give anyone looking for my vote exactly what they deserve -- the back of my hand

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