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Of all the elements of my sister’s adult life—the house, the husband, the sudden interest in plants—the most unsettling is Henry. Technically he’s a blue-fronted Amazon, but to the average layman, he’s just a big parrot—the type you might
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“In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.”
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“I feel that life is divided into the horrible and the miserable. That's the two categories. The horrible are like, I don't know, terminal cases, you know, and blind people, crippled. I don't know how they get through life. It's amazing to me. And the miserable is everyone else. So you should be thankful that you're miserable, because that's very lucky, to be miserable.”
― Annie Hall: Screenplay
― Annie Hall: Screenplay
“So many books, so little time.”
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“It's no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn't even speak to each other if they met at a party.”
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“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Twilight of the Idols
― Twilight of the Idols
John’s 2025 Year in Books
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7 friends
255 books
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1,095 books
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2,675 books
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323 books
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79 books
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49 books
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59 friends
219 books
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116 friends
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