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"Planned to read on Monday, woke up violently hungover, slept until 6:15 after my classes, went to a concert, got back, did not do my hw, woke up at 7:30 today, and did the reading/listening this morning. I could not tell you a thing about it. Were so back." — Feb 10, 2026 08:22AM
"Planned to read on Monday, woke up violently hungover, slept until 6:15 after my classes, went to a concert, got back, did not do my hw, woke up at 7:30 today, and did the reading/listening this morning. I could not tell you a thing about it. Were so back." — Feb 10, 2026 08:22AM
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Reading for the 3rd time
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tom said:
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2024, McCarter Translation: Okay hear me out.
You know when you’re eating eggs and it’s awesome cause they’re eggs. And suddenly, without warning, you realize you’re eating eggs. They’re gross. I turn into the grinch for eggs.
This felt like a plain ...more "
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"Why you would assign that every student must buy the psychical book in a specific translation, only to not read a vast majority of the text will be always beyond me. I’m just rereading the whole thing. Mama didn’t raise a quitter but she did raise someone with insane sunk cost value for using a $15 coupon." — Feb 05, 2026 11:12PM
"Why you would assign that every student must buy the psychical book in a specific translation, only to not read a vast majority of the text will be always beyond me. I’m just rereading the whole thing. Mama didn’t raise a quitter but she did raise someone with insane sunk cost value for using a $15 coupon." — Feb 05, 2026 11:12PM
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"I know it refers to actual heads but I couldn’t stop laughing imaging Ahab saying “I don't need an I phone X or airpods... I need a Philly cheese steak, some weed, and a bitch to give me head #mood” in a raspy, harpooner voice.
It’s 2:30. I have office hours in six hours. And I’m reading about the whales!" — Feb 05, 2026 11:08PM
"I know it refers to actual heads but I couldn’t stop laughing imaging Ahab saying “I don't need an I phone X or airpods... I need a Philly cheese steak, some weed, and a bitch to give me head #mood” in a raspy, harpooner voice.
It’s 2:30. I have office hours in six hours. And I’m reading about the whales!" — Feb 05, 2026 11:08PM
“We’re getting old, he thought, and it damn sure didn’t take long.”
― Another Country
― Another Country
“Lust and learning,” Katherine once said. “That’s really all there is, isn’t it?”
― Stoner
― Stoner
“The world is like a seesaw out of balance: on one side is a box of big rocks, tilting it its way. On the other side is a box, and a bunch of us with teaspoons, adding a little sand at a time. One day, all of our teaspoons will add up, and the whole thing will tip, and people will say, 'How did it happen so fast?”
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“Being a teen was a metaphorical state that could be prolonged indefinitely, a way of being in which one was unspoiled, blameless, enthusiastic, and sincere.”
― Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991
― Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
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