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A Slight Trick of th... 07/14 Mark is currently reading:
A Slight Trick of the Mind (Hardcover)
by Mitch Cullin
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1134433 Mark wrote: "That's interesting that he was a student of Gardner. I really need to put Grendel on my short...more "

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July 13
1134433 Mark took the never-ending book quiz.
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June 01
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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. " — Aristotle
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"A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open." — Frank Zappa
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"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." — Carl Sagan
May 30
244519 Mark read and liked Tommy's review of The Flesh Eaters:

"I read this book when I was 13, and I'd place it up there with the Exorcist as one of the great corrupting influences of my life- It helped crack my fragile egg shell mind and gave me a permanent case of the morbids.
This novel tells a fictionalize...more "
May 06
Forty Words for Sorr... Mark gave 1 of 5 stars1 of 5 stars1 of 5 stars1 of 5 stars1 of 5 stars to:
Forty Words for Sorrow (Hardcover)
by Giles Blunt
bookshelves: arc, mystery-thriller
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read in September, 2001

Mark Mark said: "This book reminded me of Patterson's Kiss the Girls and I hated that book. It ceased to be a mystery about a hundred pages into the book when the author decided to give us a ringside seat at the murderers place. And this child killer likes to ...more "
Comanche Moon : A No... Mark marked as to-read:
Comanche Moon : A Novel (Paperback)
by Larry McMurtry
bookshelves: to-read
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Roads : Driving Amer... Mark marked as to-read:
Roads : Driving America's Great Highways (Paperback)
by Larry McMurtry
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Sin Killer: The Berr... Mark marked as to-read:
Sin Killer: The Berrybender Narrative, Book 1 (Mcmurtry, Larry. Berrybender Narratives, Bk. 1.)
by Larry McMurtry
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Mark's favorite quotes

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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. "
— Aristotle (Aristotle's Metaphysics)

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"You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it."
— Malcolm X (By Any Means Necessary (Malcolm X Speeches & Writings))

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"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
— Carl Sagan

"Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top."
— Edward Abbey

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"A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open."
— Frank Zappa




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