Mj Zander

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Mj is Currently Reading

Mj Zander is currently reading

The Grand Babylon Hotel

by Arnold Bennett

bookshelves: currently-reading, british, fiction, mystery

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Apr 30, 2026 05:33AM

Mj Zander is currently reading

The Quincunx

by Charles Palliser

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Mj’s Quotes

“Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.”
― Evelyn Waugh

tags: punctuality

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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor

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“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

tags: books, reading

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“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King

tags: reading, writing

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“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
― Aldous Huxley, Music at Night and Other Essays

tags: music

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