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"I wanted to mark the death of Tom Robbins with a reread of one of those great books of his I loved so much back in the day. Cowgirls would have been my pick, but 35 years later the Middle East is still a shithole of conflict, so Skinny Legs it is." — Feb 11, 2025 09:25PM
"I wanted to mark the death of Tom Robbins with a reread of one of those great books of his I loved so much back in the day. Cowgirls would have been my pick, but 35 years later the Middle East is still a shithole of conflict, so Skinny Legs it is." — Feb 11, 2025 09:25PM
“And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles.
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”
― A Man Without a Country
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”
― A Man Without a Country
“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.”
― A Man Without a Country
― A Man Without a Country
“Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”
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“And Lot's wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human. So she was turned into a pillar of salt. So it goes.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
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