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read in January 2008
Laura said:
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I'll be honest; I got about halfway into Lolita and became so turned off by Humbert Humbert's thoughts about the girl and designs upon her that I had to put it down. But the writing is spectacular, the portrayal of a child molester as perhaps no more
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Laura said:
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About 1/3 through, and I'm enjoying the factual treatment of the book--as well as the historical background included that points out how poorly most regular sailors were treated and paid in the time of pirates. Sets a good stage for why people became
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“Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.”
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“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
― The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
“Art is not eternal.”
― The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
― The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― P.S. I Love You
― P.S. I Love You
“How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?”
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