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“That's why Twinkle likes the place so much, Scott thought, looking around at the faded wood veneer tables, and the faded souls drinking at them. Misery was soaked through the place like the old beer soaked through its carpets.”
― The Elephant Tree
― The Elephant Tree
“I found that sometimes it was a relief to do something unattractive in private, to confirm that I’m deeply flawed when so many others imagine me to be perfect. People are often startled by my handwriting; because I’m pretty, they assume everything I do is pretty. It’s odd to them that I write like I have a hook for an arm, just as Ford would be startled to learn I have a hook for a heart.”
― Tampa
― Tampa
“On some other world, possibly it is different. Better. There are clear good and evil alternatives. Not these obscure admixtures, these blends, with no proper tool by which to untangle the components.”
― The Man in the High Castle
― The Man in the High Castle
“Hate can be just as intimate as love.”
― Save Yourself
― Save Yourself
“But why is it that if you imagine a baby who smells of milk, for example, you can't help smiling? Why is there such an agreement around the world about what is or isn't a foul smell? Who decided what smells bad? Is it impossible that somewhere in this world there are people who, if they sat next to a homeless fellow they'd get the urge to snuggle up to him, but if they sat next to a baby they'd get an urge to kill it?”
― In the Miso Soup
― In the Miso Soup
Valentine’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Valentine’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
105 books
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9 friends
219 books
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72 friends
249 books
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47 friends
295 books
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1 friend
26 books
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57 friends
214 books
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2 friends
154 books
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4 friends
222 books
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3 friends
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