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Kate is Currently Reading

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A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

by Haruki Murakami

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"About half way done and he finally started the sheep chase.

Anyway. I really enjoy the sense of melancholy that the mc eludes. He's also a diva. I like it 👍" — Jan 05, 2026 10:58AM

Dec 27, 2025 02:21PM

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Ham on Rye

by Charles Bukowski

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Kate’s Quotes

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation

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“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

tags: inspirational, love

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“Every one of a hundred thousand cities around the world had its own special sunset and it was worth going there, just once, if only to see the sun go down.”
― Ryu Murakami, Coin Locker Babies

tags: travel

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“... The type of loneliness where you need to keep struggling to accept a situation is fundamentally different than the sort you know you'll get through if you just hang in there”
― Ryu Murakami, In the Miso Soup

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“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus

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