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NEVER LABEL ANYTHING “MISCELLANEOUS.” And don’t use a term that’s a synonym for “miscellaneous.” I once created a file called active useful documents and then never looked in it again.
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“A few years ago we discussed when Sabbath truly begins. When is the precise moment of the setting sun? So I made a rug weaving together black and deep purple. When the light faded enough, and one could no longer tell the difference between the two colors, then Sabbath had begun and prayers could be made.”
― Market Day
― Market Day
“Black tea is steeped in imperialism. That's what gives it its flavor. Anything this flavorful has to be hiding an incredible amount of carnage.”
― The Plotters
― The Plotters
“Reading books will doom you to a life of fear and shame.”
― The Plotters
― The Plotters
“the fact that I'd happily do just about anything for people, anything, even spend time with them, if they'd just stop hurting my feelings”
― Ducks, Newburyport
― Ducks, Newburyport
“While she studied, he lay down and read Demons by Dostoyevsky. It was a big book, and a boring one. ’Is that fun to read?” she asked. “The characters have really long names. For instance, the main character’s mother is Varvara Petrovna Stavrogina, and his tutor is Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky. Each time a new person appears, it takes well over a line just to say their name. So, no, it’s not that fun. Not with this many names to remember.”
― The Plotters
― The Plotters
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