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“Sometimes I think the purpose of life is to reconcile us to its eventual loss by wearing us down, by proving, however long it takes, that life isn't all it's cracked up to be.”
― The Sense of an Ending
― The Sense of an Ending
“Grey morning dulled the bay. Banks of clouds, Howth just one more bank, rolled to sea, where other Howths grumbled to greet them. Swollen spumeless tide. Heads that bobbed like floating gulls and gulls that floating bobbed like heads. Two heads. At swim, two boys.”
― At Swim, Two Boys
― At Swim, Two Boys
“Oh! kangaroos, sequins, chocolate sodas! / You really are beautiful! Pearls, / harmonicas, jujubes, aspirins!”
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“A black star appears, a point of darkness in the night sky's clarity. Point of darkness and gateway to repose. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.”
― The Sheltering Sky
― The Sheltering Sky
“He is in his late sixties, but has the charm of extreme youth, for he comes to a pleasure and hails it happily for what it is without any bitterness accumulated from past disappointments, and he believes that any moment the whole process of life may make a slight switch-over and that everything will be agreeable for ever. His manners would satisfy the standards of any capital in the world, but at the same time he is exquisitely, pungently local.”
― Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
― Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Todd’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Todd’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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790 friends
356 books
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383 friends
355 books
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37 friends
38 books
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64 friends
4 books
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100 friends
96 books
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34 friends
11 books
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101 friends
1 book
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