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“We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, "Oh, nothing!" Pride helps; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our hurts— not to hurt others.”
― Middlemarch
― Middlemarch
“Humor is what happens when we're told the truth quicker and more directly than we're used to.”
― The Braindead Megaphone
― The Braindead Megaphone
“When I am sharply judgmental of any other person, it's because I sense or see reflected in them some aspect of myself that I don't want to acknowledge.”
― In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
― In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
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“I hate when people ask what a book is about. People who read for plot, people who suck out the story like the cream filling in an Oreo, should stick to comic strips and soap operas. . . . Every book worth a damn is about emotions and love and death and pain. It's about words. It's about a man dealing with life. Okay?”
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Lucian’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Lucian’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,652 books
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118 friends
512 books
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223 friends
97 books
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5 friends
202 books
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88 friends
203 books
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169 friends
93 books
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28 friends
1,320 books
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135 friends
91 books
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27 friends
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