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Franky is Currently Reading

Franky is currently reading

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath

by H.P. Lovecraft

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2026-reading-challenge, animals, classics, fantasy, horror, kindle, novella, outer-limits, weird-tales, short-stories, sci-fi, science-fiction-fantasy

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Out of Africa

by Isak Dinesen

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2026-reading-challenge, adventure, africa, autobiography, classics, history, travel

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Franky’s Quotes

“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

tags: friend, honesty

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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor

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

tags: misattributed-mark-twain, truth

16345 likes

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: books, humor

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“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw

tags: books, children

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