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“He even let me smoke a cigarette in his office, but he urged me to quit smoking because of the health risks. He even had a pamphlet in his desk that he gave me. I now use it as a bookmark.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“(My full name's Ed Kennedy. I'm nineteen. I'm an underage cab driver. I'm typical of many of the young men you see in this suburban outpost of the city- not a whole lot of prospects or possibility. That aside, I read more books than I should, and I'm decidedly crap at sex and doing my taxes.Nice to meet you.)”
― I Am the Messenger
― I Am the Messenger
“Sometimes to discover a solution is to forget the problem.”
― Man in the Empty Suit
― Man in the Empty Suit
“...that realisation that I was the oddity, the statistical probability, life was predictable.”
― The Sacrificial Man
― The Sacrificial Man
“...human beings have a distorted view of risk. They don't see the whole picture. Our perceptions are twisted by stories in the media, by films, by our own personalities and experiences. So, despite the unlikely odds, we still worry about being raped or murdered. We hear a sound in the night and think of burglars, not mice... It's kind of a protective pessimism: if we worry about the worst happening, it may miss our door.”
― The Sacrificial Man
― The Sacrificial Man
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Tess’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Tess’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
645 books
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4,715 friends
2,897 books
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4,892 friends
228 books
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27 friends
1,684 books
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4,879 friends
810 books
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1,441 friends
298 books
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4,118 friends
1,105 books
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6,146 friends
129 books
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469 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Mystery, Poetry, Romance, Suspense, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult
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