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I always thought I wanted to know a secret, or I wanted an event to unfold—I wanted my life to start—but in those rare moments when it seemed like something might actually change, panic shot through me.
“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.”
― Flaubert's Parrot
― Flaubert's Parrot
“It was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice.”
― Heart of Darkness
― Heart of Darkness
“Bigots see something they expect and then they stop thinking about what is in front of them. It's probably how they got to be bigots in the first place.”
― White Night
― White Night
“The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear”
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“C.S. Lewis is the ideal persuader for the half convinced, for the good man who would like to be a Christian but finds his intellect getting in the way.”
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Adult Fiction, Art, Biography, Book Club, Classics, Ebooks, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, Sports, Thriller, and Travel
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