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Took me 2 tries to get through this book. It took forever to get to the good stuff. Most of it was slow character development. The story for this book could have been cut WAY back band fit into part of the next book. I have no idea how people would h
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“There is no beginning, no middle, no end, no suspense, no moral, no causes, no effects. What we love in our books are the depths of many marvelous moments seen all at one time.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“Imagine you're a forty-year-old, Richard," Hamilton said to me around this time, while working as a salesman at a Radio Shack in Lynn Valley,"and suddenly somebody comes up to you saying, 'Hi, I'd like you to meet Kevin. Kevin is eighteen and will be making all of your career decisions for you.' I'd be flipped out. Wouldn't you? But that's what life is all about - some eighteen-year-old kid making your big decisions for you that stick for a lifetime." He shuddered.”
― Girlfriend in a Coma
― Girlfriend in a Coma
“As a kid, you have nothing to do with the way the world is run; you just have to hurry to catch up with it.”
― Lullabies for Little Criminals
― Lullabies for Little Criminals
“Whoever's been there knows/ how vicious/ a partner sorrow makes/ to them that's got little/ solid friendship/ they know the hero's path/ instead of woven gold/the frozen inner world/ instead of all that's good on earth”
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