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currently-reading‎ (2)
read‎ (385)
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comics‎ (109)
novel‎ (79)
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mexico‎ (46)
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thriller‎ (28)
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entrepreneur‎ (9)
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cinema‎ (8)
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Rod is Currently Reading

Rod is currently reading

El arte de volar

by Antonio Altarriba

bookshelves: biography, comics, family-ties, history, spain, war, currently-reading

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(page 92 of 210)
"Aquella noche sentí el vértigo inmenso del desamparo..." — Oct 09, 2026 10:27PM

Oct 09, 2026 10:26PM

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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

by Kai Bird (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, biography, civil-rights, cold-war, science, war, united-states, politics

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"The atomic bombings were "not so much the last military act of the Second World War", (Blackett) concluded, "as the first major operation of the cold diplomatic war with Russia now in progress"" — Oct 13, 2026 11:14PM

Oct 13, 2026 11:14PM

Rod’s Quotes

“la vida tiene momentos altamente incoherentes, tiene sus capítulos absurdos y unos pasajes que un novelista no escribiría ni en su mañana más delirante”
― Jordi Soler, El cuerpo eléctrico

tags: lecciones-de-vida, reflexiones

3 likes

“We don’t discover, we don’t learn. We just remember things that we have forgotten…”
― Guillermo del Toro, The Fall

14 likes

“My head was once a filing cabinet. Now it’s a flurry of papers, floating on a draft.”
― A.J. Finn, The Woman in the Window

77 likes

“to be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running”
― Richard Branson, Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way

tags: business, entrepreneur, inspirational-quotes, resilience, success

23 likes

“This is classic therapist argot: It sounds to me. What I’m hearing. I think you’re saying. We’re interpreters. We’re translators.”
― A.J. Finn, The Woman in the Window

11 likes

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