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“They had behind them, to my mind, the terrific suggestiveness of words heard in dreams, of phrases spoken in nightmares.”
― Heart of Darkness
― Heart of Darkness
“But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason.”
― A Moveable Feast
― A Moveable Feast
“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made monstrous and unlawful.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.”
― This Side of Paradise
― This Side of Paradise
“It's possible, in a poem or short story, to write about commonplace things and objects using commonplace but precise language, and to endow those things—a chair, a window curtain, a fork, a stone, a woman's earring—with immense, even startling power.”
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Brendan’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Brendan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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196 friends
660 books
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98 friends
380 books
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47 friends
752 books
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30 friends
23 books
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60 friends
3 books
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39 friends
52 books
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36 friends
15 books
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19 friends
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