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| A bleak and curious story about a man who walks and walks and keeps walking, to the detriment of his job, his relationships, his family, and ultimately his life. Some good prose and an interesting premise, but super depressing and towards the end: en...more | |
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| Irving takes his time telling a story, but his characters are so intriguing and multi-layered that I didn't mind lingering. There's a distinct meta-fictional feel to this story--a writer writing about a writer writing--and in a post-script, Irving go...more | |
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| One of those tragic satires where you find yourself laughing uncomfortably as you read because the crumbling future depicted is so startlingly familiar and plausible, and yet so utterly horrifying. A book that ponders life, death, immortality, love, ...more | |
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“The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies.”
― Ray Bradbury
― Ray Bradbury
“I realize that nothing is really normal. All it takes to alter normalcy is a death or a birth. Or just some misguided fear, love, or loneliness that never goes away.”
― Kevin Sampsell, A Common Pornography: A Memoir
― Kevin Sampsell, A Common Pornography: A Memoir
“We knew the difference between that which cannot be expressed and that which must. We understood that while words are a path taking us only so far, they are a requisite to the journey. They are like road maps that show us which way to go.”
― Laura Bynum, Veracity
― Laura Bynum, Veracity
“You never know what you're getting into when you stick your nose in other people's rubbish.”
― Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
― Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
“Mi'ija, in a world as wrong as this one, all we can do is to make things as right as we can.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, The Bean Trees
― Barbara Kingsolver, The Bean Trees
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