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“Happy," I muttered, trying to pin the word down. But it is one of those words, like Love, that I have never quite understood. Most people who deal in words don’t have much faith in them and I am no exception – especially the big ones like Happy and Love and Honest and Strong. They are too elusive and far to relative when you compare them to sharp, mean little words like Punk and Cheap and Phony. I feel at home with these, because they’re scrawny and easy to pin, but the big ones are tough and it takes either a priest or a fool to use them with any confidence.”
― The Rum Diary
― The Rum Diary
“It's probably a bad indicator of your lifestyle when you miss your ex-boyfriend because he's absolutely lethal.”
― Dead to the World
― Dead to the World
“Patience and wisdom walk hand in hand, like two one-armed lovers.”
― $3.33
― $3.33
“Her beauty cannot be measured with standards of a colonized mind”
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“I have a beard of fog that I wear on misty mornings. It’s not cigarette smoke, but I’d understand if you wanted to shave it off and inhale it.”
― At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.
― At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.
Mayra’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mayra’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Children's, Comics, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, Psychology, and Suspense
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