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“What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.”
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Christopher Hitchens
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“There is no normal. I've never met a normal person. The concept is flawed. It implies that there is only one way people are supposed to be, and that can't possible be true. Human experience is far too varied.”
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Maureen Johnson
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This second novel in the Shades of London series doesn't disappoint. While the Ripper copycat is gone, the crack opened up by his destruction is causing new problems with ghosts. After a particularly gruesome murder close to Rory's sch... " Read more of this review » |
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The Madness Underneath (Shades of London, #2)
by Maureen Johnson (Goodreads Author)
read in March, 2013
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Maria lebt mit ihrer Mutter im Haus Yamamoto, einem Gasthaus an der Küste. Dieses gehört Marias Onkel und seiner Familie, die hier in einer besonderen Idylle leben. Marias Vater lebt in Tokyo, denn er ist noch verheiratet und kämpft um die Scheidu...
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“I like to talk. Talking is kind of my thing. If talking had been a sport option at Wexford, I would have been captain. But sports always have to involve running, jumping, or swinging your arms around. You don’t get PE points for the smooth and rapid movement of the jaw.”
― Maureen Johnson, The Madness Underneath
― Maureen Johnson, The Madness Underneath
“I believe the universe wants to be noticed. I think the universe is inprobably biased toward the consciousness, that it rewards intelligence in part because the universe enjoys its elegance being observed. And who am I, living in the middle of history, to tell the universe that it-or my observation of it-is temporary?”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
“Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
― E.B. White
― E.B. White
“I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own.”
― Chaim Potok, The Chosen
― Chaim Potok, The Chosen
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