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A collection of episodes from Cannery Row, some bits are part of a bigger picture while a few are only short snipples of someone's life. The group living in Cannery Row is compiled of low-lifes, immigrants, whores and the much respected 'Doc'.
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"This so makes me think of my experience with "Watching the English". I'll be sure to stay away from this."
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As I started reading the book - should there be a comma here or not? Lynne Truss wouldn't be able to tell you - I thought I would land on a four star rating - now again I have no idea whether there should be a comma; or perhaps I could start with a n...
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“There is no story that is not true, [...] The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others.”
― Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart
― Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart
“Time, Baby - so much, so much time left until the end of my life - sometimes I go crazy at how slowly time passes yet how quickly my body ages.
But I shouldn't allow myself to think like this. I have to remind myself that time only frightens me when I think of having to spend it alone. Sometimes I scare myself with how many of my thoughts revolve around making me feel better about sleeping alone in a room.”
― Douglas Coupland, Life After God
But I shouldn't allow myself to think like this. I have to remind myself that time only frightens me when I think of having to spend it alone. Sometimes I scare myself with how many of my thoughts revolve around making me feel better about sleeping alone in a room.”
― Douglas Coupland, Life After God
“Optimism is the first cousin of love, and it's exactly like love in three ways: it's pushy, it has no real sense of humour, and it turns up where you least expect it.”
― Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram
― Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram
“He walked on water. Perhaps. But could he have *swum* on land? In matching knickers and dark glasses? With his Fountain in a Love-in-Tokyo? In pointy shoes and a puff? Would he have had the imagination?”
― Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
― Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
“Girls aren't beautiful, they're pretty. Beautiful is too heavy a word to assign to a girl. Women are beautiful because their faces show that they know they have lost something and picked up something else.”
― Henry Rollins, Smile, You're Traveling: Black Coffee Blues Part 3
― Henry Rollins, Smile, You're Traveling: Black Coffee Blues Part 3
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