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Mind the Book said: " Favoritsociolog. Fältstudiesjälsfrände. Bourdieu har en egen kategori här bland goodreads-bokhyllorna. Har länge velat försjunka i det Algeriet han observerade under militärtjänsten. "

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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

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Marriage à la Mode by Katherine Mansfield

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“Well, William, and how’s London?” asked Bill Hunt, drawing the cork out of a bottle of whisky. “Oh, London’s not much changed,” answered William. “Good old London,” said Bobby, very hearty, spearing a sardine.

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“You have everything needed for the extravagant journey that is your life.”
― Carlos Castaneda

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“Wherever you are, at any moment, try and find something beautiful. A face, a line out of a poem, the clouds out of a window, some graffiti, a wind farm. Beauty cleans the mind.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive

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“For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.”
― LeVar Burton

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“Maybe love is just about finding the person you can be your weird self with.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive

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“Du slösar antagligen bort tid på sådant som att äta och sova" sa Barthelme. "Sluta med det, och läs all filosofi och all litteratur." Och konst, tillade han. Och politik.”
― Jenny Offill, Alva Dahl (translator), Dept. of Speculation

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