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	The Air is Smokey Because We Don't Love Each Other Enough it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Field Day (Hoarse #4) by Elena Moffet (Editor), Andrew C. Nye (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Elyse Brownell (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	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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The Ritual

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Collected Poems

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Chris’s Quotes

“There was something repulsive (and revealing) about talking on a cell phone while handling garbage. Why did anyone pretend human relationships had value?”
― Alissa Nutting, Tampa

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“Vice is basically the love of failure.”
― Elfriede Jelinek, Pianolærerinnen

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“Bitter, too, to be forced to acknowledge in one's heart how little love has to do with kindness.”
― Pär Lagerkvist, The Sibyl

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“As soon as the genome had been cmpletely decoded (which would be in a matter of months) humanity would have complete control of its evolution; when that happened sexuality would be seen for what it really was: a useless, dangerous, and regressive function.”
― Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles

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