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	Clown Girl by Monica Drake (Goodreads Author), Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.49 avg rating — 5,423 ratings — published 2006 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stud Book 3.25 avg rating — 690 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Portland Noir by Kevin Sampsell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chris A. Bolton (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Bill Cameron (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.31 avg rating — 456 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Folly of Loving Life 4.10 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Insomniac Reader: Stories of the Night by Kevin Sampsell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jonathan Ames, Aimee Bender (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lineup: 20 Provocative Women Writers by Richard Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Laura Benedict (Goodreads Author), Paula Bomer (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fairy Tale Review, The Mauve Issue (The Fairy Tale Review #11) by Kate Bernheimer (Editor), Thomas Mira y Lopez (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Matt Bell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.08 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Payasa by Monica Drake (Goodreads Author), Rocío Gómez de los Riscos (translator), Marina Mena Guardabrazo (translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La locura de amar la vida by Monica Drake (Goodreads Author), Carla Armas González (translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Folly of Loving Life by Monica Drake(2013-11-04) by Monica Drake (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Brief History of Seven Killings

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Who Fears Death

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“The Buddhists say if you meet somebody and your heart pounds, your hands shake, your knees go weak, that’s not the one. When you meet your ‘soul mate’ you’ll feel calm. No anxiety, no agitation.”
― Monica Drake, Clown Girl

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“When life sucks, throw yourself into art.”
― Monica Drake, Clown Girl

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“The only value of wasted time is knowledge.”
― Monica Drake, Clown Girl

tags: inspirational, knowledge, philosophy, wasted-time

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“Mrs. Hopewell had no bad qualities of her own but she was able to use other people's in such a constructive way that she never felt the lack.”
― Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

tags: character, good-country-people, manipulation, qualities

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“Look at those numbers running. Money makes time. It used to be the other way around. Clock time accelerated the rise of capitalism. People stopped thinking about eternity. They began to concentrate on hours, measurable hours, man-hours, using labor more efficiently.”
― Don DeLillo, Cosmopolis

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“I don't want to do the type of writing where I recite biography, parentage and education. I want to rise up from the words on the page and do something, hurt someone.”
― Don DeLillo, Cosmopolis

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“The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

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“The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this freak establishment. No, the true measure of a man is this: how quickly can he respond to the needs of others and how much of himself he can give.”
― Philip K. Dick

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