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"I'm having trouble continuing to read this. It is a lot wordier than I expected and the story is progressing slowly.
I think I'll put it on hold for a while." — Apr 10, 2016 07:41AM
"I'm having trouble continuing to read this. It is a lot wordier than I expected and the story is progressing slowly.
I think I'll put it on hold for a while." — Apr 10, 2016 07:41AM
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"First story down. I hear the others in this book are better than the first which I look forward to. Not that I didn't like the first story, but i'm glad it ended when it did...much more and I might have switched off." — Oct 08, 2014 10:08PM
"First story down. I hear the others in this book are better than the first which I look forward to. Not that I didn't like the first story, but i'm glad it ended when it did...much more and I might have switched off." — Oct 08, 2014 10:08PM
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""It is a temporary preservative, like the nitrites in your sausages. Eventually any meat, regardless of what you do to it, will either and go off."" — Sep 11, 2014 08:03AM
""It is a temporary preservative, like the nitrites in your sausages. Eventually any meat, regardless of what you do to it, will either and go off."" — Sep 11, 2014 08:03AM
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“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.”
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“Did you eat something that didn't agree with you?" asked Bernard. The Savage nodded. "I ate civilization.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
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― The Martian
― The Martian
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