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I recognize the irony of writing a book review of a book critic whose work is of such a high caliber, but I loved this book and wanted to mark my favorites.Hanya’s Boys – This is one of my favorite essays of all time, and is I believe how I first ...more "
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”
― Julius Caesar
― Julius Caesar
“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
“I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“Conversation, like certain portions of the anatomy, always runs more smoothly when lubricated.”
― Quills
― Quills
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