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Chris Bowley

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Chris is Currently Reading

Chris Bowley is currently reading

Pariah (Bequin, #1)

by Dan Abnett (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: black-library, sci-fi, currently-reading

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read in December 2021

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"Incredible." — Dec 20, 2021 04:37AM

May 21, 2026 01:10AM

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Selected Poetry

by John Keats

bookshelves: classic, poetry, currently-reading

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Apr 28, 2026 03:16PM

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How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves

by Tristan Gooley (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: nature, currently-reading

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Chris’s Quotes

“Either we choose to stay alive, or we give up. And if it's living we choose, then we do whatever it takes.”
― Elodie Harper, The Wolf Den

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“There is this idea that you either read to escape or you read to find yourself.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive

tags: books, reading

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“The miracle is not to walk on water or fire. The miracle is to walk on the earth.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm

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“If you are the type of person who thinks too much about stuff then there is nothing lonelier in the world than being surrounded by a load of people on a different wavelength.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive

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“There is no standard normal. Normal is subjective. There are seven billion versions of normal on this planet.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive

tags: life, mental-health, mental-illness

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