Iris Janssen

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Yellowface

by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author)

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Oct 15, 2026 01:12AM

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Are You Mad at Me?

by Meg Josephson (Goodreads Author)

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“Besides which, she would never understand me because I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till I drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

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“Maar als ik mij net zo inspande als dat ik mij ingespannen had, zou ik misschien ooit begrijpen dat mensen altijd op het juiste tijdstip op de plaats komen waar ze verwacht worden.”
― Paulo Coelho

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“Yes, life is weird, but I embrace the weird. Let everyone else go marching off into their great shining futures if they want. Me, I've always been more than content to tip my whisky bottle and take a ride straight into the heart of the spectacular now.”
― Tim Tharp, The Spectacular Now

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“Nothing lasts," she says, and there's a little crack in her voice. "You think it's going to. You think, 'Here's something I can hold on to,' but it always slips away.”
― Tim Tharp, The Spectacular Now

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“But, then, how many of us will be saved the pain of seeing the most important things in our lives disappearing from one moment to the next? I don't just mean people, but our ideas and dreams too: we might survive a day, a week, a few years, but we're all condemned to lose. Our body remains alive, yet sooner or later our soul will receive the mortal blow. The perfect crime-for we don't know who murdered our joy, what their motives were, or where the guilty parties are to be found.”
― Paulo Coelho, L'Achimiste / La Sorcière de Portobello / Le Zahir

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