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“Each time Olan Chapman comes to life, his anti-quarks remain on the far side of the Time Wall. After his life cycle ends, his quarks collapse back to these roots, and – presto – America's most wanted man is ready for his next adventure.”
― Worm Holes
― Worm Holes
“And when the abyss looks into you - and it will - may you look back unflinching.”
― Challenger Deep
― Challenger Deep
“We have nothing now between us, save - respect, perhaps. And I think that respect has maybe room for secrets, but not for lies.”
― Outlander
― Outlander
“And the ghosts walked into my memory, into the happiness, into the pain of my future, and they wished me well. I turned, as though I saw them in the unfolding season, in the beauty and in the death of autumn. Perhaps I had, perhaps I had.”
― Pleasant Day
― Pleasant Day
“Best putdown of a copy editor ever award goes to Raymond Chandler, who, in a 1947 letter to the editor of the Atlantic Monthly, wrote: "By the way, would you convey my compliments to the purist who reads your proofs and tell him or her that I write in a sort of broken-down patois which is something like the way a Swiss waiter talks, and that when I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay split, and when I interrupt the velvety smoothness of my more or less literate syntax with a few sudden words of barroom vernacular, this is done with the eyes wide open and the mind relaxed but attentive.”
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Norman’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Norman’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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1 friend
172 books
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2 friends
218 books
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2 friends
431 books
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25 friends
185 books
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2 friends
310 books
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4 friends
206 books
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4 friends
319 books
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7 friends
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