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The Man With The Getaway Face by Richard Stark

Four Novels of the 1960s by Philip K. Dick

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Paul is Currently Reading

Paul Shealy is currently reading

The Iliad

by Homer

bookshelves: currently-reading, classics, fiction, greek-mythology, literature, fantasy

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Aug 30, 2026 09:24AM

Paul’s Quotes

“There was a place where all light tends to go, and I reckon that was heaven.”
― David Joy, Where All Light Tends to Go

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“They keep us fighting among ourselves like dogs for table scraps so we won’t catch them making off with the feast.”
― Dennis Lehane, Small Mercies

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“Rights are not rights when they are contingent on the favor of government or political leaders.”
― Pete Hegseth, The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free

tags: politics, rights

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“The worst of us has good in him. The best of us has pure fucking evil in his heart. We battle. It’s all we can do.”
― Dennis Lehane, Small Mercies

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“There comes a point in life when all there is is remembering. A life is nothing but the sum of its yesterdays.”
― David Joy, When These Mountains Burn

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