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This is the novel I've read the most. It's also the first for adults that I finished. Because I passed a test, my parents bought me a copy as a reward. At the age of eleven, I'd travel to and from school, surrounded by the winter dark, reading the di
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“The motivation of all artists is 'Look at me, Mum'.”
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“If you want to understand a society, take a good look at the drugs it uses. And what can this tell you about American culture? Well, look at the drugs we use. Except for pharmaceutical poison, there are essentially only two drugs that Western civilization tolerates: Caffeine from Monday to Friday to energize you enough to make you a productive member of society, and alcohol from Friday to Monday to keep you too stupid to figure out the prison that you are living in.”
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“A man who moralizes is a hypocrite, and a woman who does so is invariably plain.”
― Lady Windermere's Fan
― Lady Windermere's Fan
“When all else fails, give up and go to the library.”
― 11/22/63
― 11/22/63
“Death is an inevitability, isn't it? You become more aware of that when you get to my age. I don't worry about it. I'm ready for it. When I go, I want to go doing what I do best. If I died tomorrow, I couldn't complain. It's been good.”
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Stuart’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Stuart’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
279 books
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45 friends
445 books
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4,037 friends
247 books
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76 friends
565 books
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9 friends
2,610 books
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1,486 friends
1,108 books
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48 friends
0 books
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241 friends
558 books
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120 friends
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