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Death of the Author

by Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author)

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Dec 31, 2025 10:10PM

“How good one feels when one is full -- how satisfied with ourselves and with the world! People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.”
― Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat

tags: humor

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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor

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“Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization.”
― Jo Walton, Among Others

tags: civilization, libraries

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“She wondered if she was in the midst of an anecdote that, for reasons of proximity, she was not yet able to perceive.”
― Carrie Fisher, Postcards from the Edge

tags: humor

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