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He stood above it, pensive and alone. The townspeople of Hamelin would have not appreciated the look he had in his eyes — a look that was deep and bottomless, and at that moment there was not just one abyss at the peak of Koppel Mountain,
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“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.
Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
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Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
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“For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.”
― Bird by Bird
― Bird by Bird
“What makes Iago evil? Some people ask. I never ask.”
― Play It As It Lays
― Play It As It Lays
“The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies.”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451
“People with no morals often considered themselves more free, but mostly they lacked the ability to feel or love.”
― Women
― Women
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Dave’s 2025 Year in Books
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