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Tony could give sweet, sweet talk. Words so nice, they would charm the money from your pocket, the caution from your heart, the clothes from your body.
“Foreign Soil is dedicated to Australian fiction writers of colour: those who paved the path before me, and those for whom these clumsy feet will hopefully help smooth the way.”
― Foreign Soil
― Foreign Soil
“Reverie by the open window in the sweet futility of a mild evening was yet to strike the Australian male as a requirement. (There would be the question of fly screens, for one thing.)”
― The Great Fire
― The Great Fire
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been; it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.”
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“but for her it has been no shame to suffer labor, pain, exile, because in laboring I improved, in suffering I became experienced, in exile I learned, for I found daily rest in brief labor, immense joy in slight pain, and a broad homeland in my narrow exile.”
― Giordano Bruno: Philosopher/Heretic
― Giordano Bruno: Philosopher/Heretic
Phillip’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Phillip’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,395 books
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669 friends
4,377 books
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1,207 books
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357 friends
2,205 books
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2,079 books
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95 friends
1,018 books
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3,584 books
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4,692 friends
10,092 books
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4,675 friends
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