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“I watched the plane's shadow ripple over the desert and drift across the Grand Canyon. (...) Stars and the lilac of twilight filled the air, and the Rocky Mountains, shrouded in blue snow, loomed ahead, a lemony slice of new moon hovering over them.”
― Music for Chameleons
― Music for Chameleons
“It was the hour when the lilac glow was fading in the slushy streets, but by the time the bus had left the mid-town terminal the bright city night had come.”
― The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
― The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
“The night was sharp and frosty. The moon was full and rimmed with a golden light. The rooftops were black against the starlit sky.”
― The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
― The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
“B.J.J. dresses stevedore-style: overalls, men's blue shirts rolled up to the elbow, ankle-high lace-up workman's boots, and no makeup to relieve her pallor. But she is womanly, a dignified figure for all her down-to-earth ways. And she wears expensive perfumes, Parisian smells bought at the Masion Blache on Canal Street. Also, she has a glorious gold-toothed smile; it's like a heartening sunburst after a cold rainfall. You'd probably like her; most people do.”
― Music for Chameleons
― Music for Chameleons
“He's garrulous, he'll talk about anything: politics, women, sex, trout fishing, bowel movements, his trip to Russia, cattle versus wheat, gin versus vodka, Johnny Carson, his safari in Africa, religion, the Bible, Shakespeare, the genius of General MacArthur, bear hunting, Reno whores versus Las Vegas whores, the stock market, venereal diseases, cornflakes versus Shredded Wheat, gold versus diamonds, capital punishment (he's for it), football, baseball, basketball-anything. Except why I'm stuck in this town.”
― Music for Chameleons
― Music for Chameleons
Colleen’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Colleen’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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136 friends
380 books
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71 friends
364 books
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50 friends
44 books
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82 friends
297 books
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1 friend
63 books
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47 friends
383 books
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300 friends
46 books
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43 friends
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