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La historia del heavy metal

by Andrew O'Neill

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Jan 02, 2019 12:06PM

“Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don't abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the book."

(Acceptance speech, National Book Award 2010 (Nonfiction), November 17, 2010)”
― Patti Smith

tags: books, materialism, musicians, pure-awesome, technology

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“The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call “out there.”
― Truman Capote, In Cold Blood

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“life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

tags: life, little-women, louisa-may-alcott, love

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“Stories are the wildest things of all, the monster rumbled. Stories chase and bite and hunt.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

tags: fiction, stories

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“Don't you just love those long rainy afternoons in New Orleans when an hour isn't just an hour - but a little piece of eternity dropped into your hands - and who knows what to do with it?”
― Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

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