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Petting dogs was good for people; it was a scientific fact. Burt was a wise man, too, in his way. All animals are.
“Vice, he realized, was Depression-proof.”
― Live by Night
― Live by Night
“The nuns used to say that the devil comes disguised as an angel. That the worst things you’ll do, you’ll do for the best reasons. The most hateful things you’ll do, you’ll do for the ones you love most.”
― City on Fire
― City on Fire
“Tongue-in-cheek nostalgia is merely the portal, the candy house, if you will, through which we hope to lure in a new generation and bewitch them.”
― The Candy House
― The Candy House
“I’ve done therapy. They don’t tell you the truth.” “But I like my therapist.” Jake scoffed. “I didn’t say you didn’t or shouldn’t like your therapist. I’m just saying, they’re liars. They don’t know they’re liars. They just are. It’s been coded into them, the lie.” “And what lie is that?” “That you’re broken, and that the way you are is on you to fix.” “I don’t get what you mean.” Jake leaned forward, passing the bottle back. “I mean this: You being fucked up? It’s normal.”
― The Book of Accidents
― The Book of Accidents
“An entire generation will throw off the fetters of rote commitment in favor of invention, hope—and we, their children, will try to locate the moment we lost them and worry that it was our fault.”
― The Candy House
― The Candy House
Jon’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Jon’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,169 books
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154 friends
620 books
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64 friends
474 books
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58 friends
218 books
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141 friends
277 books
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909 friends
43 books
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44 friends
238 books
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106 friends
53 books
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19 friends
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