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“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.
Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
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Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
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“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.”
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“If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price.”
― Rabbit, Run
― Rabbit, Run
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
“I am a lover of what is, not because I'm a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality.”
― Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
― Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
Skip’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Skip’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
382 books
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7 friends
1,299 books
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399 friends
4,108 books
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427 friends
975 books
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67 friends
90 books
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2 friends
1,062 books
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630 friends
152 books
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37 friends
215 books
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84 friends
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