Allison Jenkins

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Allison’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for The Plot (The Book Series, #1)

The Plot (The Book Series, #1) by Jean Hanff Korelitz

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Good writers borrow, great writers steal. —T. S. Eliot (but possibly stolen from Oscar Wilde)

See Allison Jenkins’s 26 books with notes and highlights…

“Because Ove, as Parvaneh had soon realized, was the sort of man who, when he was not quite certain where he was going, just carried on walking straight ahead, convinced that the road would eventually fall into line.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

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“It's been a while since someone reminded him of the difference between being wicked because one has to be or because one can.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

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“Political correctness is for acquaintances, not friends.”
― Nabeel Qureshi, Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity

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“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: dangerous-place, do-something, evil, world

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“I love people. I like being around them as astronauts like going to the moon: it's the kind of thrilling, beautiful, intense experience that makes life worth living but requires an extreme level of precise timing and planning so you don't die.”
― Jennifer Fulwiler, Your Blue Flame: Drop the Guilt and Do What Makes You Come Alive

tags: humor, introvert

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