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Becky
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“I'll tell you, my friends: it's all in the nerves. The nerves that tense and relax as you approach the edges of companionship and love. The razor-sharp edges of companionship and love.”
― Amulet
― Amulet
“I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.”
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“only someone who is ready for everything, who doesn't exclude any experience, even the most incomprehensible, will live the relationship with another person as something alive and will himself sound the depths of his own being.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
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“They were both questing for the behavior that was proper to their station and their unutterable dreams. They both knew intimately the etiquette, the taboos, the protocol of bums. By their talk to each other they understood that they shared a belief in the brotherhood of the desolate; yet in the scars of their eyes they confirmed that no such fraternity had ever existed, that the only brotherhood they belonged to was the one that asked the enduring question: How do I get through the next twenty minutes? They feared drys, cops, jailers, bosses, moralists, crazies, truth-tellers, and one another. They loved storytellers, liars, whores, fighters, singers, collie dogs that wagged their tails, and generous bandits. Rudy, thought Francis, he’s just a bum, but who ain’t?”
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Bukowski
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This is a group for fans of the dirty old man. The words he wrote kept him from total madness.
Becky’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Becky’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
17 books
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65 friends
8,344 books
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82 friends
802 books
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481 friends
1,249 books
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1,694 friends
98 books
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478 friends
68 books
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1,081 friends
459 books
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73 friends
29 books
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326 friends
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