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They spent the night in a nearby hotel made of concrete. It was, by local standards, slightly not-ugly. It didn’t look like it wanted you to feel bad, more as if whoever had designed the hotel simply didn’t like buildings very much, and was
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“In a vision, Irie has seen a time, a time not far from now, when roots won’t matter any more because they can’t because they mustn’t because they’re too long and they’re too tortuous and they’re just buried too damn deep. She looks forward to it.”
― White Teeth
― White Teeth
“What if man is not really a scoundrel, man in general, I mean, the whole race of mankind - then all the rest is prejudice, simply aritificial terrors and there are no barriers and it's all as it should be.”
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“The cleverly expressed opposite of any generally accepted idea is worth a fortune to somebody.”
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“When you develop an infatuation for someone you always find a reason to believe that this is exactly the person for you. It doesn’t need to be a good reason. Taking photographs of the night sky, for example. Now, in the long run, that’s just the kind of dumb, irritating habit that would cause you to split up. But in the haze of infatuation, it’s just what you’ve been searching for all these years.”
― The Beach
― The Beach
Alex’s 2025 Year in Books
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