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Shane Strickland
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“The other option you have is to come to terms with this fucking life, as you call it, and put up with the suffering it involves. Put up with the suffering we all have to endure, always, to get through that and find and enjoy the happiness and joy that it brings us as well, in spite of our being alive.”
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“Katya talked about how the Russian language is being destroyed by poor education and by the sloppiness of nonnative speakers who ignore case endings and have no conception of verb aspects and don't care. You find the worst speech in the street markets, she said. She called the new, bad Russian that's spreading everywhere "market language" (bazarnii yazyk).”
― Travels in Siberia
― Travels in Siberia
“At first when you're learning a foreign language, what seems strange is that a different set of words exists for the things you know. But then, after a while, what seems strange is that so many words are the same, that two entirely different peoples, an ocean apart, would choose the exact same sounds. In the end, what causes the most trouble are the words that sound the same but mean different things: déception, nostalgie, grâce.”
― Map of Ireland
― Map of Ireland
“Kathy was a Republican, one of those people who used the unforgivable phrase "meant to be"--usually when describing her own good fortune or the disasters that had befallen other people.”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
“Il convoqua de nuit tous les animaux sous un fromager. Après avoir chargé les insaisissables colibris de monter la garde, il expliqua son plan:
-Dès que l'un d'entre nous apercevra le museau de Tigre, il devra bailler de la voix afin que tous les autres puissent se cacher. Toi, Chien, tu aboieras. Toi, Macaque, tu crieras comme un cinglé que tu es. Toi, Zamba, tu barriras. Et toi, Vache, tu meugleras...
Lapin aperçut alors des ronds dans la rivière au pied de l'arbre.
-Quand à toi, Poisson..., hésita-t-il un long moment, tu resteras muet. Il y a des fois où le silence est plus puissant que la parole.
Et Poisson se sentit rassuré sur son utilité.”
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-Dès que l'un d'entre nous apercevra le museau de Tigre, il devra bailler de la voix afin que tous les autres puissent se cacher. Toi, Chien, tu aboieras. Toi, Macaque, tu crieras comme un cinglé que tu es. Toi, Zamba, tu barriras. Et toi, Vache, tu meugleras...
Lapin aperçut alors des ronds dans la rivière au pied de l'arbre.
-Quand à toi, Poisson..., hésita-t-il un long moment, tu resteras muet. Il y a des fois où le silence est plus puissant que la parole.
Et Poisson se sentit rassuré sur son utilité.”
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Shane’s 2025 Year in Books
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