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The Recognitions

by William Gaddis

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"God, this is even better than I remembered. If there is a criticism, it would be the well known one that it is perhaps weighed down with both its own erudition and its sadness. If I prefer JR it is probably for that reason." — Jan 02, 2026 06:20AM

Aug 19, 2015 05:48AM · see review

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Never Let Go: How to Parent Your Child Through Mental Illness by Suzanne Alderson

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We are grieving for a life we had expected to live, for the hopes and aspirations that we held for our child, and by default for ourselves; we are mourning the freedoms and potential of a future we had planned and anticipated, but hadn’t ...more

Mindfulness for Unravelling Anxiety: Finding Calm & Clarity in Uncertain Times

by Richard Gilpin

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Jonathan’s Quotes

“The air was so thick with crumbs that it was like a scene from the horror film that cakes would make if they had video cameras and thumbs.”
― Greg James, Kid Normal

tags: cake, crumbs, humor, silly

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“Okay, I write overblown, purple, self-indulgent prose. So fucking what?”
― Angela Carter

tags: so-fucking-what

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“When the moon of mourning is set and gone.
Over Glinaduna.
Lonu nula.
Ourselves, oursouls alone.
At the site of salvocean.
And watch would the letter you’re wanting be coming may be.
And cast ashore.”
― James Joyce, Finnegans Wake

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“Minimalism is close to mediocrity and mindlessness, a way for the ungifted to have a literary career, and for readers who really hate literature to pretend to be reading something serious.”
― Paul West

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“What any experimental art is trying to get you to do is move beyond your preconceptions and your expectations regarding what should be happening, what's going to happen, what kinds of effects it should have, and enter a liminal state in which those things can be redefined in the way that the particular artist or piece of art is proposing.”
― Nathaniel Mackey

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