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Songwriters on Songwriting (Paperback) by Paul Zollo bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Post Office (Paperback) by Charles Bukowski |
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"Books, shmooks, this sickness has got me wishing if I can ever get out of this I'll gladly become a millworker and shut my big mouth." — Jack Kerouac | |
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Music of a Life: A Novel (Paperback) by Andreï Makine |
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Ehrengard (Paperback) by Isak Dinesen |
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The Bonfire of the Vanities (Paperback) by Tom Wolfe |
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Puckoon (Paperback) by Spike Milligan |
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Silly Verse for Kids (Puffin Books) by Spike Milligan |
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The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution (Paperback) by Dave Kusek |
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The Noodle Maker: A Novel (Paperback) by Ma Jian |
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Peter's favorite quotes
"Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life."
— Oscar Wilde
— Oscar Wilde
"This is God's universe, buddy, not yours, and he has the final say about what's ego and what isn't. "
— J.D. Salinger
— J.D. Salinger
"...it all, maybe, most likely, indeed, might turn out for the best."
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
"My whole wretched life swam before my weary eyes, and I realized no matter what you do it's bound to be a waste of time in the end so you might as well go mad."
— Jack Kerouac (On the Road: The Original Scroll)
— Jack Kerouac (On the Road: The Original Scroll)
Peter's writing
She Breaks (Poetry)
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updated 06/29/2008 05:42AM
description:
A song about Edie Sedgwick.
I'll Be In The Ruin (Poetry)
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updated 06/29/2008 05:38AM
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A song about the end of the world, etc.
Peter's groups (recent posts)
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well, ..... i guess so....
:}
sounds like one exciting summer, pete! im happy you're having such a good time! we will definitely have tea and speak of all your adventures very soon!
stay a cool chap.
bloody hell.
-mar.
peter, pale fire should be on my to-read list. if it isn't, i will fix it very soon. sorry, have not gotten to it yet, but i really appreciate your gift alot. anyway, how is europe? you didn't invite me to your goodbye party!
"It's such a melodramatically desperate piece of hope--that's what's so beautiful about it" desperate peace of hope,, : ) yeh, i see it. it is a nice quote, ..life IS certainly funny :)
Pete you picked the most depressing quote out of that novel. ...ok maybe not that depressing, it does have some ray of hope,....but still,
...hey u beat me.
Thank you so much Pete for inviting me here! Now we can keep in touch in more ways other than the Facebook!!!!
well, ..... i guess so....
:}
sounds like one exciting summer, pete! im happy you're having such a good time! we will definitely have tea and speak of all your adventures very soon!stay a cool chap.
bloody hell.
-mar.
peter, pale fire should be on my to-read list. if it isn't, i will fix it very soon. sorry, have not gotten to it yet, but i really appreciate your gift alot. anyway, how is europe? you didn't invite me to your goodbye party!
"It's such a melodramatically desperate piece of hope--that's what's so beautiful about it" desperate peace of hope,, : ) yeh, i see it. it is a nice quote, ..life IS certainly funny :)
Pete you picked the most depressing quote out of that novel. ...ok maybe not that depressing, it does have some ray of hope,....but still,
...hey u beat me.
Thank you so much Pete for inviting me here! Now we can keep in touch in more ways other than the Facebook!!!!
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Peter's friends (11)
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William 291 books 292 friends |
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Marina 71 books 10 friends |
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Jerra 11 books 1 friend |
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Olga 148 books 23 friends |
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Andrenna 15 books 14 friends |
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liz 18 books 2 friends |
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Lena 6 books 8 friends |
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Autumnsky 7 books 3 friends |
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Devoncarsen 0 books 1 friend |
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Heidi 56 books 3 friends |
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John 0 books 1 friend |
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