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James is Currently Reading

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Before the Feast: A Novel

by Saša Stanišić (Goodreads Author)

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Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith

by Andrew Wilson

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Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine

by Diane Williams

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James’s Quotes

“That's what tyrants do, I guess. They make you covet their attention; they make you confuse attention for mercy.”
― Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story

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“By reading this message you are denying its existence and implying consent.”
― Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story

tags: deny, exist, message

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“... I'm the fortieth-ugliest man in this bar. But so what! So what! What if someday she lets me kiss each one of her freckles again? She has like a million. But every one of them means something to me. Isn't this how people used to fall in love? I know we're living in Rubenstein's America, like you keep saying. But doesn't that just make us even more responsible for each other's fates? I mean, what if Eunice and I just said no to all this. To this bar. To this FACing. The two of us. What if we just went home and read books to each other?”
― Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story

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“Remember this... develop a sense of nostalgia for something, or you'll never figure out what's important.”
― Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story

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“People are really trying their best. Just like being happy and sad, you will find yourself on both sides of the equation many times over your lifetime, either saying or hearing the wrong thing. Let's all give each other a pass, shall we?”
― David Rakoff, Half Empty

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