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How to End a Love Story

by Yulin Kuang (Goodreads Author)

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"Ah yes. Reclusive asian girl with no friends meets extroverted white guy with only superficial friends. A tale as old as time" — 3 hours, 8 min ago

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American Gods (American Gods, #1)

by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)

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"Random sex everywhere" — 3 hours, 13 min ago

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The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1)

by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Goodreads Author)

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Apr 19, 2026 12:36PM

“The Hierarchic Qualm: The sword kills. But the arm moves the sword. Is the arm to blame for murder? No. The mind moves the arm. Is the mind to blame? No. The mind has sworn an oath to duty, and that duty moves the mind, as written by the Throne. So it is that a servant of the Throne is blameless.”
― Seth Dickinson, The Traitor Baru Cormorant

tags: blame, chain-of-command, discipline, duty, responsibility, soldiering, war-crimes

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“Art signals our freedom. It exists because we’ve won the evolutionary war.”
― Michael Finkel, The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

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“There are nice things in the world- and I mean nice things. We're all such morons to get so sidetracked. Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.”
― J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

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“I'm sorry I keep saying How are you? when I really mean Are you happy?”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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“I'm not afraid to compete. It's just the opposite. Don't you see that? I'm afraid I will compete — that's what scares me. That's why I quit the Theatre Department. Just because I'm so horribly conditioned to accept everybody else's values, and just because I like applause and people to rave about me, doesn't make it right. I'm ashamed of it. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody. I'm sick of myself and everybody else that wants to make some kind of a splash.”
― J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

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