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“It's usually best not to ask philosophers anything, precisely because they have the habit of what in the Persian language is called sanud: the profitless consideration of unsettling yet inconsequential things.”
― The Gone-Away World
― The Gone-Away World
“A woman who can eat a real bruschetta is a woman you can love and who can love you. Someone who pushes the thing away because it's messy is never going to cackle at you toothlessly across the living room of your retirement cottage or drag you back from your sixth heart attack by sheer furious affection. Never happen. You need a woman who isn't afraid of a faceful of olive oil for that.”
― The Gone-Away World
― The Gone-Away World
“Humans were built to look back; that's why we have that swivel joint in our necks”
― 11/22/63
― 11/22/63
“I'm really sorry I ate your dog.”
― The Gone-Away World
― The Gone-Away World
“What will you tell him?"
"The truth."
Fortismer thinks about that.
"Yes," he says at last. "Probably the best thing. Bloody deceptive, honesty.”
― The Gone-Away World
"The truth."
Fortismer thinks about that.
"Yes," he says at last. "Probably the best thing. Bloody deceptive, honesty.”
― The Gone-Away World
Shawn’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Shawn’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
165 books
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315 friends
2,709 books
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110 friends
253 books
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107 friends
333 books
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131 friends
879 books
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50 friends
1,239 books
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61 friends
488 books
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212 friends
21,270 books
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156 friends
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Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, Book Club, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Romance, Science, Science fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Young-adult, and War
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