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“Your heart is like the ocean, mysterious and dark.”
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“I am only interested in the views of two people: one is called Bresson and one called Bergman.”
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“So the great affair is over but whoever would have guessed
it would leave us all so vacant and so deeply unimpressed
It's like our visit to the moon or to that other star
I guess you go for nothing if you really want to go that far.”
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it would leave us all so vacant and so deeply unimpressed
It's like our visit to the moon or to that other star
I guess you go for nothing if you really want to go that far.”
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“there is no dead matter," he taught us, "lifelessness is only a disguise behind which hide unknown forms of life. The range of these forms is infinite and their shades and nuances limitless.”
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“Did any of you ever see Doctor Tetrazzini perform? I say perform advisedly because his operations were performances. He would start by throwing a scalpel across the room into the patient and then make his entrance as a ballet dancer. His speed was incredible: "I don't give them time to die", he would say. Tumors put him in a frenzy of rage. "Fucking undisciplined cells!" he would snarl, advancing on the tumor like a knife-fighter.”
― Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
― Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
Joshua’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Joshua’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
95 books
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1 friend
193 books
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5 friends
461 books
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24 friends
146 books
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7 friends
144 books
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5 friends
23 books
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2 friends
60 books
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2 friends
85 books
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1 friend
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Art, Biography, Crime, Historical fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Philosophy, Politics, Science, and Travel
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