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"Starts like someone writing their own introduction to their novel but it’s a part of the novel" — 16 hours, 17 min ago
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"Already causing conflict in my brain so there’s a lot of journal therapy going on alongside this read" — Nov 02, 2026 10:56AM
"Already causing conflict in my brain so there’s a lot of journal therapy going on alongside this read" — Nov 02, 2026 10:56AM
Act is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruits; thus does a man garner in the sweet and bitter fruitage of his own husbandry. "Thought in the mind hath made us, What we are By thought was wrought and built. If a man's
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“I had a special English teacher who let me believe that my ideas were important. She introduced me to writers who wound their words around my wrists and refused to let me slip through the net.”
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“I look at the cliffs and the sea and the sky. 'Don't you ever feel guilty?' I ask him. 'I mean, it's beautiful here. Don't you ever feel bad for wanting something more?'
He skips a step. 'It isn't something more,' he says, decidedly. 'Just something else.”
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He skips a step. 'It isn't something more,' he says, decidedly. 'Just something else.”
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“Books offered me a gauzy version of reality and I stepped hungrily into it. I inhabited an in-between space of terraced streets and bridges laced with lines from novels and iconic film stills. Art layered another world over my real, perceived one and gave me a calm, quiet feeling inside.”
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“You are both stars, don’t forget.
When the stars exploded billions of
years ago, they formed everything
that is this world. The moon, the
trees, everything we know is
stardust. So don’t forget. You
are stardust.
- ROSE PEDDLER”
― Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays
When the stars exploded billions of
years ago, they formed everything
that is this world. The moon, the
trees, everything we know is
stardust. So don’t forget. You
are stardust.
- ROSE PEDDLER”
― Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays
Joshua’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Joshua’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
6,955 books
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473 friends
2,039 books
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918 friends
149 books
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5 friends
359 books
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55 friends
141 books
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11 friends
78 books
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3 friends
700 books
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14 friends
144 books
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2 friends
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Favorite Genres
Business, Classics, Crime, History, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, Self help, and Thriller
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