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“Immortality,' said Crake, ' is a concept. If you take 'mortality' as being, not death, but the foreknowledge of it and the fear of it, then 'immortality' is the absence of such fear. Babies are immortal. Edit out the fear, and you'll be...”
― Oryx and Crake
― Oryx and Crake
“Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“There's the story, then there's the real story, then there's the story of how the story came to be told. Then there's what you leave out of the story. Which is part of the story too.”
― MaddAddam
― MaddAddam
“It is said that men condemned to death are subject to sudden moments of elation; as if, like moths in the fire, their destruction were coincidental with attainment.”
― The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
― The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
“The male frog in mating season," said Crake, "makes as much noise as it can. The females are attracted to the male frog with the biggest, deepest voice because it suggests a more powerful frog, one with superior genes. Small male frogs—it's been documented—discover if they position themselves in empty drainpipes, the pipe acts as a voice amplifier and the small frog appears much larger than it really is."
So?"
So that's what art is for the artist, an empty drainpipe. An amplifier. A stab at getting laid.”
― Oryx and Crake
So?"
So that's what art is for the artist, an empty drainpipe. An amplifier. A stab at getting laid.”
― Oryx and Crake
Steve’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Steve’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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51 friends
342 books
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59 books
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398 books
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1 book
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23 friends
177 books
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138 books
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13 friends
18 books
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58 friends
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Art, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Music, Mystery, Paranormal, Poetry, Science, Science fiction, and Thriller
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