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“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
“Rebecca was an academic star. Her new book was on the phenomenon of word casings, a term she'd invented for words that no longer had meaning outside quotation marks. English was full of these empty words--"friend" and "real" and "story" and "change"--words that had been shucked of their meanings and reduced to husks. Some, like "identity" and "search" and "cloud," had clearly been drained of life by their Web usage. With others, the reasons were more complex; how had "American" become an ironic term? How had "democracy" come to be used in an arch, mocking way?”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
“If you can't make ends meet, meet them in the middle instead”
― The King of Rhyme
― The King of Rhyme
“I reminded you I studied literature, didn't I? I've had an endless supply of quotations at my disposal, but they had always highlighted the inadequacy of my life rather than providing an uplifting literary score to it.”
― Sister
― Sister
“Negative energy can be a positive motivating force devoid human emo-tion, isolation, and extinction.”
“Be careful of the company that you keep, for everyone who smiles in your face is not your friend.”
(Thought or Idea) ….. “That’s how the game is told, and that’s how the game is sold.”
“For every action there is a reaction, however for every action there is also completely separate action that negates the first action.”
“Life’s journey deals you friends in both high places ( + ), and low places ( - ), one can always mate the other.”
“Every ending in one’s Life Series, constitutes a beginning De novo, al-ways every time.”
“It’s not about your past, it’s about your future …… everyday.”
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“Be careful of the company that you keep, for everyone who smiles in your face is not your friend.”
(Thought or Idea) ….. “That’s how the game is told, and that’s how the game is sold.”
“For every action there is a reaction, however for every action there is also completely separate action that negates the first action.”
“Life’s journey deals you friends in both high places ( + ), and low places ( - ), one can always mate the other.”
“Every ending in one’s Life Series, constitutes a beginning De novo, al-ways every time.”
“It’s not about your past, it’s about your future …… everyday.”
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Matthew’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Matthew’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
576 books
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40 friends
47 books
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72 friends
81 books
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29 friends
20 books
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15 friends
30 books
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41 friends
291 books
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32 friends
17 books
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23 friends
35 books
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14 friends
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