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“Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati. It does not mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer.”
― House of Leaves
― House of Leaves
“Maturity, one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of ‘not knowing.”
― House of Leaves
― House of Leaves
“Hey," said Shadow. "Huginn or Muninn, or whoever you are."
The bird turned, head tipped, suspiciously, on one side, and it stared at him with bright eyes.
"Say 'Nevermore,'" said Shadow.
"Fuck you," said the raven.”
― American Gods
The bird turned, head tipped, suspiciously, on one side, and it stared at him with bright eyes.
"Say 'Nevermore,'" said Shadow.
"Fuck you," said the raven.”
― American Gods
“Do they sense it, these dead writers, when their books are read? Does a pinprick of light appear in their darkness? Is their soul stirred by the feather touch of another mind reading theirs? I do hope so. ”
― The Thirteenth Tale
― The Thirteenth Tale
“Your children will be sad," I tell Franny, "but they will not die because you die. They will live and laugh and love with everything you have given them in their hearts forever. They will discover you in unexpected moments and places for the rest of their lives.”
― The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift
― The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift
Mark’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mark’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
539 books
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32 friends
465 books
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11 friends
222 books
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23 friends
178 books
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11 friends
548 books
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9 friends
5 books
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5 friends
301 books
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61 friends
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