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“Let them think what they liked, but I didn't mean to drown myself. I meant to swim till I sank -- but that's not the same thing.”
― The Secret Sharer and other stories
― The Secret Sharer and other stories
“When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.”
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“I don't like work--no man does--but I like what is in the work--the chance to find yourself. Your own reality--for yourself not for others--what no other man can ever know. They can only see the mere show, and never can tell what it really means.”
― Heart of Darkness
― Heart of Darkness
“If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun. Not at the head, where a fatal wound might result. But at some other body part, such as a leg.”
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“For men and women are not only themselves; they are also the region in which they are born, the city apartment or farm in which they learnt to walk, the games they played as children, the old wives tales they overheard, the food they ate, the schools they attended, the sports they followed, the poets they read, and the God they believed in. It is all these things that have made them what they are, and these are the things that you can't come to know by hearsay...”
― The Razor’s Edge
― The Razor’s Edge
Raymond’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Raymond’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
256 books
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84 friends
85 books
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43 friends
5 books
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57 friends
4 books
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12 friends
43 books
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87 friends
0 books
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43 friends
0 books
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22 friends
1 book
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135 friends
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