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Saad Z. Hossain I just read a lot. I've found that over the past twenty years, the times I've not been reading for fun, I've also been writing a lot less. …moreI just read a lot. I've found that over the past twenty years, the times I've not been reading for fun, I've also been writing a lot less. (less)
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Saad Z. Hossain hehe there will be no sequel. Those guys will have have to carry on by themselves. They're generally good people, however, so I suppose they'll be alr…morehehe there will be no sequel. Those guys will have have to carry on by themselves. They're generally good people, however, so I suppose they'll be alright. (less)
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“What good were humans without their habitual dissatisfaction? It was their defining trait.”
― Saad Hossain, The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday
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“I feel hollow. And skinless."
"That's the feeling of childhood falling away.”
― Saad Hossain, Djinn City
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“Gurung smiled. "I know just where to find many people needing decapitation. But first, a nap.”
― Saad Hossain, The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday
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