Mark Kelly

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Mark is Currently Reading

Mark Kelly is currently reading

Operation Bounce House

by Matt Dinniman (Goodreads Author)

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Safe People: How to Find Relationships That Are Good for You and Avoid Those That Aren't

by Henry Cloud (Goodreads Author)

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The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)

by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, fantasy, fiction, kindle

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Mark’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) by R.F. Kuang

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But the misery she felt now was a good misery. This misery she reveled in, because she had chosen it for herself.

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Mark’s Quotes

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

tags: dreams, life

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“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

tags: animal-farm

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“Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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“You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

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“I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: bilbo-baggins, dissipation, old-age

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