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"Really enjoying this insight into what makes the French who they are. Lots of little anecdotes and well researched ideas." — Dec 30, 2012 10:31PM
"Really enjoying this insight into what makes the French who they are. Lots of little anecdotes and well researched ideas." — Dec 30, 2012 10:31PM
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I wanted to read some non fiction and this book was recommended. It is very good. Written by a twenty five year old journalist who was sent by the Los Angeles Times to Afghanistan in the wake on 9/11, I don't know what to be impressed more by - her b
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"A great introduction to the complex world of the Arabic world written from the perspective of a 25 year old journalist. Amazing what she went through." — Nov 02, 2012 03:20PM
"A great introduction to the complex world of the Arabic world written from the perspective of a 25 year old journalist. Amazing what she went through." — Nov 02, 2012 03:20PM
“What the hell is that?" I laughed.
"It's my fox hat."
"Your fox hat?"
"Yeah, Pudge. My fox hat."
"Why are you wearing your fox hat?" I asked.
"Because no one can catch the motherfucking fox.”
― Looking for Alaska
"It's my fox hat."
"Your fox hat?"
"Yeah, Pudge. My fox hat."
"Why are you wearing your fox hat?" I asked.
"Because no one can catch the motherfucking fox.”
― Looking for Alaska
“When adults say, "Teenagers think they are invincible" with that sly, stupid smile on their faces, they don't know how right they are. We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken. We think that we are invincible because we are. We cannot be born, and we cannot die. Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations. They forget that when they get old. They get scared of losing and failing. But that part of us greater than the sum of our parts cannot begin and cannot end, and so it cannot fail.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“Don’t call me Lord Snow.”
The dwarf lifted an eyebrow. “Would you rather be called the Imp? Let them see that their words can cut you and you’ll never be free of the mockery. If they want to give you a name take it make it your own. Then they can’t hurt you with it anymore.”
― A Game of Thrones
The dwarf lifted an eyebrow. “Would you rather be called the Imp? Let them see that their words can cut you and you’ll never be free of the mockery. If they want to give you a name take it make it your own. Then they can’t hurt you with it anymore.”
― A Game of Thrones
“Talking to a drunk person was like talking to an extremely happy, severely brain-damaged three-year-old.”
― Paper Towns
― Paper Towns
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