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I remember it was a western because the screen was very yellow and everything always looked very yellow in a western, as if the world had been left outside for too long and gone bad.
“Let conversation cease. Let laughter flee. This is the place where Death delights to help the living.”
― Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
― Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
“The summer fog in my new neighborhood doesn’t burn off, it doesn’t lift, and it doesn’t fade away: It sits, clammy and stifling. I was underdressed and had to turn on the heat in my car. Cranking up the heater in July. What the hell is wrong with this place?”
― First Cut
― First Cut
“There is not such thing as "minor" surgery. Minor surgery is surgery someone else has.”
― Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
― Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
“But the truth might as well not exist to those who refuse to believe it.”
― Forest of Wonders
― Forest of Wonders
“Success created more success. Not policing. Not incarceration. Not fear. Not hopelessness. Not punishment. Not behavior modification.”
― The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City
― The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City
J’s 2025 Year in Books
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119 books
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2,028 books
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93 friends
1,779 books
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3,550 friends
137 books
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54 friends
1,208 books
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70 friends
87 books
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32 friends
10,015 books
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1,454 friends
1,447 books
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63 friends
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