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“In this world, there are things you can only do alone, and things you can only do with somebody else. It's important to combine the two in just the right amount.”
― After Dark
― After Dark
“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.”
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“When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.”
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“I cannot forget Carcosa where black stars hang in the heavens; where the shadows of men's thoughts lengthen in the afternoon, when the twin suns sink into the lake of Hali; and my mind will bear for ever the memory of the Pallid Mask. I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth—a world which now trembles before the King in Yellow.”
― The King in Yellow
― The King in Yellow
“Humans! They lived in a world where the grass continued to be green and the sun rose every day and flowers regularly turned into fruit, and what impressed them? Weeping statues. And wine made out of water! A mere quantum-mechanistic tunnel effect, that'd happen anyway if you were prepared to wait zillions of years. As if the turning of sunlight into wine, by means of vines and grapes and time and enzymes, wasn't a thousand times more impressive and happened all the time...”
― Small Gods
― Small Gods
Diogo’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Diogo’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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194 friends
174 books
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149 books
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104 books
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254 books
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0 books
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83 books
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199 friends
6 books
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77 friends
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