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“A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film.”
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“All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere
I turned someone tried to tell me what it was. I accepted their
answers too, though they were often in contradiction and even
self-contradictory. I was naïve. I was looking for myself and
asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I,
could answer. It took me a long time and much painful boomeranging of my expectations to achieve a realization everyone
else appears to have been born with: That I am nobody but
myself. RALPH ELLISON, The Invisible Man”
― Revolutionary Suicide
I turned someone tried to tell me what it was. I accepted their
answers too, though they were often in contradiction and even
self-contradictory. I was naïve. I was looking for myself and
asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I,
could answer. It took me a long time and much painful boomeranging of my expectations to achieve a realization everyone
else appears to have been born with: That I am nobody but
myself. RALPH ELLISON, The Invisible Man”
― Revolutionary Suicide
The Life of a Book Addict
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Marquail’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Marquail’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
70 books
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22 friends
4 books
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23 friends
35 books
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26 friends
1 book
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15 friends
47 books
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76 friends
3 books
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28 friends
0 books
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26 friends
0 books
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9 friends
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Favorite Genres
Christian, Classics, Crime, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Self help, Suspense, and Thriller
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