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Persy
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read in August 2019
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“Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.”My absolute favorite novel.
The depth that Shelley dives and the grime she casts on her characters is so profound. A classic that words can never fully enc ...more "
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"“…it is well that you come here to whine over the desolation that you have made. You throw a torch into a pile of buildings, and when they are consumed you sit among the ruins, and lament the fall.”" — Oct 31, 2021 09:49PM
"“…it is well that you come here to whine over the desolation that you have made. You throw a torch into a pile of buildings, and when they are consumed you sit among the ruins, and lament the fall.”" — Oct 31, 2021 09:49PM
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"“It is a timeless tale of cunning and courage, but also a lesson, still very much pertinent today, about how deforestation, industrialization, and colonization can upset the fragile balance of cultures and ecosystems alike, creating unseen pressures that, at a certain point, must find their release.
Sometimes even in the form of a man-eating tiger.”" — Sep 15, 2025 04:39PM
"“It is a timeless tale of cunning and courage, but also a lesson, still very much pertinent today, about how deforestation, industrialization, and colonization can upset the fragile balance of cultures and ecosystems alike, creating unseen pressures that, at a certain point, must find their release.
Sometimes even in the form of a man-eating tiger.”" — Sep 15, 2025 04:39PM
It was then that General Sheridan uttered the immortal words: “The only good Indians I ever saw were dead.”
“The best arguments in the world won't change a person's mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.”
― The Overstory
― The Overstory
“Stories never really end...even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page.”
― Inkspell
― Inkspell
“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
― The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything
― The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything
“This should be a librarian’s job, of course, but you can’t trust people who read that much.”
― The Tsar of Love and Techno
― The Tsar of Love and Techno
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