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“I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.”
― Zorba the Greek
― Zorba the Greek
“What I want is to be needed. What I need is to be indispensable to somebody. Who I need is somebody that will eat up all my free time, my ego, my attention. Somebody addicted to me. A mutual addiction.”
― Choke
― Choke
“A black star appears, a point of darkness in the night sky's clarity. Point of darkness and gateway to repose. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.”
― The Sheltering Sky
― The Sheltering Sky
“Ideologies have no heart of their own. They're the whores and angels of our striving selves.”
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“He had always thought that a Native American should have shot Robert Frost for the outrageous lie of the line “The land was ours before we were the land’s.” What a scandal that would be, America’s best-loved geezer falling in a battle over poetry.”
― The Ancient Minstrel: Novellas
― The Ancient Minstrel: Novellas
Michael’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Michael’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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799 friends
94 books
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30 friends
253 books
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96 friends
209 books
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754 friends
4 books
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310 friends
226 books
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17 friends
201 books
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187 friends
1 book
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15 friends
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