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Gorab is Currently Reading

Gorab is currently reading

House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski (Goodreads Author)

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read in April 2023

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Gorab said: " DNF at 70 pages in 5 months!
Maybe some other day.
Dropping it for now. "

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(page 30 of 709)
"Where narratives in film and fiction often rely on virtually immediate reactions, reality is far more insistent and infmitely (literally) more patient." — Oct 12, 2022 11:52PM

Apr 05, 2023 10:38PM · see review

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The Poisonwood Bible

by Barbara Kingsolver

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The Bed of Procrustes

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Goodreads Author)

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Gorab’s Notes & Highlights

Dilli Darbaar (Hindi) by Satya Vyas

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“अपना-अपना नसीब है भाई! कुछ लोग जिंदगी भर दूसरों की सिस्टर सेट करते हैं और कुछ लोग जिंदगी भर दूसरों का बिस्तर सेट करते हैं।”

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“What's your name,' Coraline asked the cat. 'Look, I'm Coraline. Okay?'
'Cats don't have names,' it said.
'No?' said Coraline.
'No,' said the cat. 'Now you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don't need names.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

tags: cats, names, self-knowledge

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“In life you'll meet a lot of jerks. If they hurt you, tell yourself that it's because they're stupid. That will help keep you from reacting to their cruelty. Because there is nothing worse than bitterness and vengeance... Always keep your dignity and be true to yourself.”
― Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

tags: humor, memoir, young_adult

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“When the Gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.”
― Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband

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“The lawyer with the briefcase can steal more money than the man with the gun.”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

tags: gangster

577 likes

“Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them.”
― Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

tags: life, math, meaning-of-life, rules-of-life

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