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"The story is interesting enough to follow, yet the style is dull." — Sep 04, 2017 10:39AM
"The story is interesting enough to follow, yet the style is dull." — Sep 04, 2017 10:39AM
“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.”
― Flaubert's Parrot
― Flaubert's Parrot
“Once upon a time there was a musician who slew his four cats, stuffed them in a garbage can, left the building, and went to visit friends.”
― The Tin Drum
― The Tin Drum
“...there is also such a thing as ersatz happiness, perhaps happiness exists only as an ersatz, perhaps all happiness is an ersatz for happiness.”
― The Tin Drum
― The Tin Drum
“There are books so alive that you're always afraid that while you weren't reading, the book has gone and changed, has shifted like a river.”
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“You are vain and wicked- as a genius should be.”
― The Tin Drum
― The Tin Drum
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