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Brett is Currently Reading

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Floppy Did This! (Read With Biff, Chip and Kipper)

by Roderick Hunt

bookshelves: childrens, used-for-esl, currently-reading

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read in December 2023

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Oxford Reading Tree: Stage 5: More Storybooks A: Underground Adventure

by Roderick Hunt

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read in October 2022

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Night of the Ninjas (Magic Tree House, #5)

by Mary Pope Osborne

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Brett’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

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Language is a leader’s charisma. It’s what empowers them to create a mini universe—a system of values and truths—and then compel their followers to heed its rules.

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Brett’s Quotes

“If you're looking for sympathy you'll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.”
― David Sedaris, Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays

tags: sympathy

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“Everyone looks retarded once you set your mind to it.”
― David Sedaris

tags: humor, perception, retardation

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“If you aren't cute, you may as well be clever.”
― David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day

tags: humor

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“There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man - with human flesh.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

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“He took a sip of my father’s weak coffee and spit it back into the mug. "This shit’s like making love in a canoe."
"Excuse me?"
"It’s fucking near water.”
― David Sedaris, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

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