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Noam is Currently Reading

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The Morning Star

by Karl Ove Knausgård

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2026, novels, norwegian-literature

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(page 351 of 666)
"'You must be impatient,' a voice said behind me.
What?
I spun round. It was the guy who'd been staring at me. I'd thought he was somewhere in his twenties, only now I could see he was forty at least, if not fifty.
'Are you talking to me?' I said.
All he did was smile. He didn't look drunk at all. So what did he want? Was he a homo, or what?
"Yes,' he said. "There's no one else here.' p.351" — Jun 26, 2026 11:25AM

Jun 11, 2026 11:46AM

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Metamorphosen

by Ovid

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"'Ons eigen mensenlichaam is ook almaar rusteloos / aan het veranderen. Wat wij geweest zijn, wat wij nu zijn, / zullen wij morgen niet meer zijn.' Boek XV, 214-216, p.380" — May 23, 2026 12:22PM

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“Les enfants absorbent notre vie, et la désagrègent. Les enfants nous entraînent au désastre, c’est une loi.”
― Yasmina Reza, Le Dieu Du Carnage (French Edition) by Yasmina Reza

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“Olmo Panero a traversé les Pyrénées pour nous dire que les mots étaient des parenthèses de silence.”
― Yasmina Reza, Une pièce espagnole

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“There is no post. There’s only trauma.”
― Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Long Island Compromise

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“היהודים האלו מפנקים נורא את הילדים שלהם ואחר-כך שולחים אותם למלחמה”
― א.ב. יהושע, The Lover

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“Why can’t I try on different lives, like dresses, to see which fits best and is more becoming?”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

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