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Sometimes, immersed in his books, there would come to him the awareness of all that he did not know, of all that he had not read; and the serenity for which he labored was shattered as he realized the little time he had in life to read so ...more
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Thank you Mark!
I don’t think I could like anyone who doesn’t love Stoner!
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Bahahahaha - yes me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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“Who knows why people are different? We are born with a certain nature, I think. And then the world takes its swings at us.”
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Neil Gaiman
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.”
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