“Patriotism is just an idea, so is capitalism or communism. But ideas can make men forget their own interests. And the guys in charge will exploit men who believe in ideas too much”
― Pachinko
― Pachinko
“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
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“Leaving New Orleans also frightened me considerably. Outside of the city limits the heart of darkness, the true wasteland begins.”
― A Confederacy of Dunces
― A Confederacy of Dunces
“I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.”
― A Confederacy of Dunces
― A Confederacy of Dunces
“Etsuko grew silent, utterly transfixed by the realization that how she saw herself was actually how her children saw her, too. They thought she was a monster.”
― Pachinko
― Pachinko
Tamara’s 2025 Year in Books
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