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Piranesi

by Susanna Clarke

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by Andrei Platonov

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“It is thanks to my evening reading alone that I am still more or less sane.”
― W.G. Sebald, Vertigo

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“Love is not a weakness. It's the bravest act of our lives.”
― Georgia Scott, American Girl: Memories That Made Me

tags: brave-hearts, commitment, love

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“I don't mind your showing me your legs. They're very swell legs and it's a pleasure to make their acquaintace. I don't mind if you don't like my manners. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter nights.”
― Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep

tags: detectives, sharp

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“My wish is that you may be loved to the point of madness.”
― André Breton, What Is Surrealism?: Selected Writings

tags: love, madness

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“I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.”
― Hunter S. Thompson

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