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Ian is Currently Reading

Ian is currently reading

A Quiet Life in the Country (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #1)

by T.E. Kinsey (Goodreads Author)

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Ian’s Quotes

“Survival is insufficient.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven

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“Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

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“And where there is no Echo there is no description of space or love. There is only silence.”
― Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

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“... That no single, individual moment is in and of itself unendurable.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

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“You read something which you thought only happened to you, and you discover that it happened 100 years ago to Dostoyevsky. This is a very great liberation for the suffering, struggling person, who always thinks that he is alone. This is why art is important.”
― James Baldwin, Conversations with James Baldwin (Literary Conversations Series)

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