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A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

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having learned from experience that giving consideration to appetizers before entrées can only lead to regrets.

The proper approach to reading a menu

eyes.2c and 20 other people liked this

17 Sep 18 · Flag

Gwen - Chew & Digest Books -

Ah yes, but so often the appetizers turn out to be the best part and you get the most varied tastes.... LOL

01 Aug 20 · Flag

Natalie

Lovely. Reading now

Blue Belle (Burke, #3)

by Andrew Vachss

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“Her given name was Lucinda but she’d called herself Juveline since age fifteen, when she’d been caught selling knockoff Burberry totes and a cop at the booking desk misspelled the word “juvenile.” Big”
― Carl Hiaasen, Razor Girl

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“You should know I consider police shootings to be lynchings”
― Percival Everett, The Trees

tags: race-and-racism-in-america, race-relations

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“The world is full of assholes. What are you doing to make sure you're not one of them?”
― A.S. King, Everybody Sees the Ants

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“It's been my experience that only children never learn when to keep their fucking traps shut. An older brother would have beat that out of you.”
― Adrian McKinty, The Cold Cold Ground

tags: brothers, only-children, siblings, talking

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“Love was what mattered. Love of one for one. The touching of hands, the touching of hearts. The warmth of belonging, the joy of sharing. There would always be tyrants. Man seemed incapable of existing without them. For without tyrants there would be no heroes. And man could not live without heroes. Renya”
― David Gemmell, The King Beyond the Gate

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