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Had to quit my last book because I'm just not in the mood for a "hard" book that's from the 80s and just has so many words I dont know

reading w/ billy

for some reason my brain isn’t absorbing information. i’m still
enjoying what i’m reading just not able to recall it right after. though some ideas are soaking

so much info

my brain feels so busy had to read the first chapter again :/

A book will accompany you and will stay with you, it will mark you like nothing else. You will go back to it, quote it, argue about it. You will borrow one and lend one. The written word, in my opinion, is therefore more effective and long lasting than the spoken one as a tool for change.
I felt

We live in a world where the mainstream education system teaches you to obey and listen to authority from the earliest age and does not offer you the chance to think for yourself and express yourself in ways that are outside the proclaimed norm.

Mari was hardly listening. A daring thought was taking shape in her mind. She began to anticipate a solitude of her own, peaceful and full of possibility. She felt something close to exhilaration, of a kind that people can permit themselves when they are blessed with love.

Just one thing—and now, my friend, you must give me your complete attention. It is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow in-different-lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. It's as simple as that. No?

Why Tucson, of all places? It's just another town, except it's the closest city on the map. Why do you have to keep traveling, here or there or somewhere else? Is there such a big difference? You've got your health and each other's company.

The best stuff you have, you don't see anymore. And they kill each other because they're badly hung. Look, here's a thing of mine and here's your drawing, and they clash. We need distance, it's essential.

reject words, whole pages, long impossible stories, and it feels good once it's done. It's no different rejecting pictures, a picture's right to hang on a wall. And most of these have hung here too long; you don't even see them anymore.—

hungry bored

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more review later

not much to it. vague story but interesting. quick read the japanese is simply. recommended it to my roommate for a beginner book.