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"this will be the next set of books I read. I have read several books by Auster in the past. I picked them up after the movie Smoke several years ago. I was very taken with hist work then and expect to enjoy it more now." — Feb 08, 2015 07:36PM
"this will be the next set of books I read. I have read several books by Auster in the past. I picked them up after the movie Smoke several years ago. I was very taken with hist work then and expect to enjoy it more now." — Feb 08, 2015 07:36PM
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"Just started reading today, and I'm flying through it. Two lifetimes of life with the main character makes for an interesting read. I'm looking forward to picking it up again to morrow after work." — Feb 08, 2015 07:33PM
"Just started reading today, and I'm flying through it. Two lifetimes of life with the main character makes for an interesting read. I'm looking forward to picking it up again to morrow after work." — Feb 08, 2015 07:33PM
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"I'm so taken with this book, I'm kind of blocked for doing a review. I'm reading a couple other books, stalling for time. I think I need to get to basics on this review or I will natter on endlessly about it." — Mar 09, 2021 10:06AM
"I'm so taken with this book, I'm kind of blocked for doing a review. I'm reading a couple other books, stalling for time. I think I need to get to basics on this review or I will natter on endlessly about it." — Mar 09, 2021 10:06AM
“If you want to find out what a man is to the bottom, give him power. Any man can stand adversity — only a great man can stand prosperity. It is the glory of Abraham Lincoln that he never abused power only on the side of mercy”
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“There are two kinds of humor. One kind that makes us chuckle about our foibles and our shared humanity -- like what Garrison Keillor does. The other kind holds people up to public contempt and ridicule -- that's what I do. Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar. ”
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“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Jingo
― Jingo
“There was a band playing in my head, And I felt like getting high”
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“And [Asimov]'ll sign anything, hardbacks, softbacks, other people's books, scraps of paper. Inevitably someone handed him a blank check on the occasion when I was there, and he signed that without as much as a waver to his smile — except that he signed: 'Harlan Ellison.”
― Murder at the ABA
― Murder at the ABA
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