"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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So I've been reading Fire and Blood for a little bit now, and I'm enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would. Just as much as Song of Ice and Fire for me, but as I said before I know this sort of history text type thing isn't for everybody.

But it reminds me of another advantage that hardcover books have - I'm really enjoying the illustrations that come with it. They really help hold the story together. A lot of the time each hardcover edition will have its own illustrations, or not have any. But they leave the illustrations out a lot of the time when the book gets published in paperback.

TyTe`EyEz said:
For hardcover books published from the 20th century onwards, the presence of a dust jacket and its condition also greatly affect value.
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My original question was which was more important: The condition of the cover or the condition of the dust jacket? In other words, if you had to choose to put the wear on one or the other, which would be better?
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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zekko said:
So I've been reading Fire and Blood for a little bit now, and I'm enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would. Just as much as Song of Ice and Fire for me, but as I said before I know this sort of history text type thing isn't for everybody.

But it reminds me of another advantage that hardcover books have - I'm really enjoying the illustrations that come with it. They really help hold the story together. A lot of the time each hardcover edition will have its own illustrations, or not have any. But they leave the illustrations out a lot of the time when the book gets published in paperback.


My original question was which was more important: The condition of the cover or the condition of the dust jacket? In other words, if you had to choose to put the wear on one or the other, which would be better?
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The first bullet point mentioned the condition of the book, the fourth mentions the dust cover. I took that to mean the dust cover is less important.
 
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The spine is what's important to me, nothing I hate more than pages falling out even after I've read it (because maybe I want to lend it to someone else and who wants to read a book that's missing pages?).
 
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