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<p><b>An absolutely joyous, gasp-out-loud achievement.</b> - Stephen Fry<br> <br> <b>Shakespeare's flame is infectious. An olympic torch, for us all, to be enlightened, words which share the shadow and light of humanity's hues.</b> - LionHeart, artist, poet and BBC Radio London presenter<br> <br> <b>Silver Medal Winner at the 2024 Nautilus Book Awards.</b><br> <br> Shakespeare had an ear and hand that was able to capture our everyday thoughts and emotions, pin them to a page, and express them so well that still today they can make us feel stunned to be seen.<br> <br> <i>'Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.'<br> 'Make not your thoughts your prisons.'<br> 'Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.'<br> 'And I have heard it said, unbidden guests are often welcomest when they're gone.'</i><br> <br> With a quote for every day of the year, this beautiful book gathers the finest lines from the lesser-known corners of Shakespeare's plays and poems. While you may not be familiar with these 400-year-old phrases, you will be surprised by the immediate, easy resonance they have with modern day-to-day life and, hopefully, inspired to learn a few quotes, say them out loud, and drop them into conversation.<br> <br> Each page bears a gift of Shakespearean delight - around which lies a treasure trove of trivia, miscellaneous fact, and opportunities for reflection.<br> <br> The Crystals - son and father - draw attention to points of daily life, literary, linguistic, and theatrical interest through their entertaining <b>commentary</b>. They offer notes of <b>context</b> for anyone who wants to know who originally said the words, in which play, and why. And finally, the authors provide <b>three indexes</b>, allowing readers to help find the right quote for a task, or to follow-up on a quote's original source.<br> <br> Shakespeare's words are a mirror for us to peer into, to see if any part of ourselves, familiar or strange, is visible. Each day as you read his lines,