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This book tells the story of one Yossarian and his adventures or should we say misadventures? Heller's Catch 22 has a reputation of being one of the funniest books that has ever been written. Well, after finishing it, I have to say that it is funny if...more |
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"I dig Mieville quite a bit, but haven't gotten around to Embassytown. Perdido Street Station is my favorite of his."
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| Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book channels Kipling's The Jungle Book, but this time, we get to hear about one Nobody Owens, who is raised in a graveyard among ghosts and ghouls. The story introduces us to several of the denizens of the grave yard, spe...more | |
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I enjoy all kinds of writing. I like the simple, breezy writing that’s entertaining and takes very little effort to understand. I like the dense, loaded writing that takes weeks of thought and discussion to fully unpack. The remarkable thing about...
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“Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.”
― Octavio Paz
― Octavio Paz
“If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.”
― Emily Dickinson
― Emily Dickinson
“Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.”
― Douglas Coupland, Shampoo Planet
― Douglas Coupland, Shampoo Planet
“In order to rise
From its own ashes
A phoenix
First
Must
Burn.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents
From its own ashes
A phoenix
First
Must
Burn.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents
“Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country
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