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Malcolm Morrison is currently reading

Infinite Jest

by David Foster Wallace

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read in May 2025

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Malcolm Morrison said: " Recency bias be damned, this is the best book I’ve ever read. Took almost 10,000 words worth of notes, 70% of which were taken just to follow the plot, which, I am now discovering from a quick skim-recap of the first 100 pages, still has easter eggs ...more "

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"I am in here." — Jan 17, 2026 06:48AM

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Malcolm’s Quotes

“Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”
― Anonymous Greek Proverb

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“Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.”
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth

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“Never appeal to a man's better nature. He may not have one. Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

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“There is a reason, after all, that some people wish to colonize the moon, and others dance before it as before an ancient friend.”
― James Baldwin, No Name in the Street

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“Jessica has a forehead scar from the deep end of a pool. I ask Jessica what drowning feels like and she says not everything feels like something else.”
― Angie Sijun Lou

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