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James is Currently Reading

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Hokusai's Method

by Kyoko Wada

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Jun 24, 2026 05:31PM

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Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)

by Larry McMurtry

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James said: " And thus begins another epic read.
beginning - chapter 8
I'm guessing this is set in the 1880s. We are introduced to a wide variety of characters, it seems like there are several ex-Confederates in the group, they are a grubby lot at best. Lonesome Dov ...more "

Mar 10, 2026 11:53AM · see review

James’s Quotes

“Under Japanese law, suspects can be held in a police cell for up to 23 days without charge. If they are not charged by the 23rd day they have to be released, but they can be subsequently rearrested and held for the same period on a different charge.”
― Paul Murphy, True Crime Japan: Thieves, Rascals, Killers and Dope Heads: True Stories From a Japanese Courtroom

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“Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian.”
― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

tags: religion, sobriety

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“Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre

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