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Taro
is currently reading
by James Joyce
bookshelves:
currently-reading,
english,
oneironautic,
whatthehellisgoingon,
public-domain,
read-in-2011,
read-in-2012,
read-in-2013,
read-in-2014,
read-in-2015,
read-in-2017,
read-in-2018
progress:
(page 315 of 628)
"I wonder how much of this book is hapax legomena? "Bothallchoractorschumminariundgansumuminarumdrumstrumtruminahumptadumpwaultopoofoolooderamaunsturnup!" (sic)" — Jan 09, 2018 09:25PM
"I wonder how much of this book is hapax legomena? "Bothallchoractorschumminariundgansumuminarumdrumstrumtruminahumptadumpwaultopoofoolooderamaunsturnup!" (sic)" — Jan 09, 2018 09:25PM
Taro
is currently reading
bookshelves:
currently-reading,
read-in-2021,
read-in-2020,
english,
history,
mental-health,
mystery,
mythology,
non-fiction,
philosophy,
pseudo-non-fiction,
public-domain,
religion,
sexuality,
vengeance
progress:
(22%)
"Nobody likes to think of himself as immoral and heretical; but at the same time nobody likes to renounce a course of action dictated by powerful impulses, especially when these impulses are recognized as being in their nature good, as tending toward a higher and more abundant life. Hence all the curious literature of rationalization and justification[...]" — Jan 16, 2021 04:45PM
"Nobody likes to think of himself as immoral and heretical; but at the same time nobody likes to renounce a course of action dictated by powerful impulses, especially when these impulses are recognized as being in their nature good, as tending toward a higher and more abundant life. Hence all the curious literature of rationalization and justification[...]" — Jan 16, 2021 04:45PM
“Never go to sea without a porpoise”
― The Day of the Dolphin
― The Day of the Dolphin
“And here I sit with my stamps in a complete muddle, and nobody has bothered to tell me what it's all about."
"Listen now, Hemul," said Snufkin slowly and clearly. "It's about a comet that is going to collide with the earth tomorrow."
"Collide?" said the Hemulen. "Has that anything to do with stamp-collecting?”
― Comet in Moominland
"Listen now, Hemul," said Snufkin slowly and clearly. "It's about a comet that is going to collide with the earth tomorrow."
"Collide?" said the Hemulen. "Has that anything to do with stamp-collecting?”
― Comet in Moominland
“Revenge is for children and the emotionally retarded.”
― Chapterhouse: Dune
― Chapterhouse: Dune
“Once more I struck out into the ocean of space, heading for another near star. Once more I was disappointed.”
― Star Maker
― Star Maker
“The sun itself was hidden, but there was a glitter on the horizon, almost like the dazzle of the crystal walls of the Undertomb, a kind of joyous shimmering off on the edge of the world.
"What is that?' the girl said, and he: "The sea.”
― The Tombs of Atuan
"What is that?' the girl said, and he: "The sea.”
― The Tombs of Atuan
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