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The White Castle

by Orhan Pamuk

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Brunetti's Venice: Walks with the City's Best-Loved Detective (Commissario Brunetti)

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Between Two Worlds (The Lanny Budd Novels Book 2)

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MK’s Notes & Highlights

The Martian by Andy Weir

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And seriously…It’s clear that General Lee can outrun a police cruiser. Why doesn’t Rosco just go to the Duke farm and arrest them when they’re not in the car?

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Amy

Because that wouldn't be as fun and would give him nothing to look forward to.

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So practical :p

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MK’s Quotes

“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson in His Journals

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“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.”
― Mark Twain

tags: humor, knowledge

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“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
― Mark Twain

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“We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson

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“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

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