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“How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?”
― The Sign of Four
― The Sign of Four
“I've been wondering about Dostoyevsky. How can a man write so badly, so unbelievably badly, and make you feel so deeply?”
― A Moveable Feast
― A Moveable Feast
“همه آهوان صحرا سر خود گرفته بر کف
به امید آن که روزی به شکار خواهی آمد”
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به امید آن که روزی به شکار خواهی آمد”
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“She was a dull person, but a sensational invitation to make babies. Men looked at her and wanted to fill her up with babies right away.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“I think about my education sometimes. I went to the University of Chicago for awhile after the Second World War. I was a student in the Department of Anthropology. At that time they were teaching that there was absolutely no difference between anybody.
They may be teaching that still.
Another thing they taught was that no one was ridiculous or bad or disgusting. Shortly before my father died, he said to me, ‘You know – you never wrote a story with a villain in it.’
I told him that was one of the things I learned in college after the war.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
They may be teaching that still.
Another thing they taught was that no one was ridiculous or bad or disgusting. Shortly before my father died, he said to me, ‘You know – you never wrote a story with a villain in it.’
I told him that was one of the things I learned in college after the war.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
Akbar’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Akbar’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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1,344 friends
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806 books
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669 friends
168 books
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790 books
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2,814 books
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3,722 friends
1,369 books
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1,908 books
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714 friends
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