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“[...]the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
― On the Road
― On the Road
“The first sip [of tea] is joy, the second is gladness, the third is serenity, the fourth is madness, the fifth is ecstasy.”
― The Dharma Bums
― The Dharma Bums
“Freedom is...the right to write the wrong words.”
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“You know to me a mountain is a Buddha. Think of the patience, hundreds of thousands of years just sittin there bein perfectly silent and like praying for all living creatures in that silence and just waitin for us to stop all our frettin and foolin.”
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“If you took a couple of David Bowies and stuck one of the David Bowies on the top of the other David Bowie, then attached another David Bowie to the end of each of the arms of the upper of the first two David Bowies and wrapped the whole business up in a dirty beach robe you would then have something which didn't exactly look like John Watson, but which those who knew him would find hauntingly familiar.”
― So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
― So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Öykü’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Öykü’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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89 friends
158 books
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1,120 friends
382 books
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157 friends
2,731 books
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613 books
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3,423 friends
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69 friends
156 books
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36 friends
551 books
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90 friends
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