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"This is part of my journey to read all of Cather's works." — Jan 15, 2023 08:32AM
"This is part of my journey to read all of Cather's works." — Jan 15, 2023 08:32AM
The Idiot
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Hungary felt increasingly like reading War and Peace: new characters came up every five minutes, with their unusual names and distinctive locutions, and you had to pay attention to them for a time, even though you might never see them again
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This was my favorite sentence in the entire book.
“You can't get any movement larger than five people without including at least one fucking idiot.”
― Green Mars
― Green Mars
“Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one’s luck.”
― The Black Prince
― The Black Prince
“She was clean": no piercings, tattoos, or scarifications. All the kids were now. And who could blame them, Alex thought, after watching three generations of flaccid tattoos droop like moth-eaten upholstery over poorly stuffed biceps and saggy asses?”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Garcia wondered why people with JESUS stickers on their bumper always drove twenty miles per hour under the speed limit. If God was my co-pilot, he thought, I'd be doing a hundred and twenty.”
― Strip Tease
― Strip Tease
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