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“know some authors are incapable of having a woman throw up without it being a clue to a pregnancy. These same authors seem to think nausea is the only indication of childbearing, not to mention their belief that vomit shoots out the woman’s mouth within hours of plot-convenient fertilisation. By some authors, I mean male ones.”
― Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone
― Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
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“My life has a superb cast, but I cannot figure out the plot.”
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“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.”
― Reaper Man
― Reaper Man
“The children will come to no harm."
"Except for the older ones. Like that poor kid down there."
"Mr. Scoresby, that is the way this world works. And if you want to put an end to cruelty and injustice, you must take me farther on. I have a job to do."
"Seems to me—" Lee said, feeling for the words, "seems to me the place you fight cruelty is where you find it, and the place you give help is where you see it needed.”
― The Subtle Knife
"Except for the older ones. Like that poor kid down there."
"Mr. Scoresby, that is the way this world works. And if you want to put an end to cruelty and injustice, you must take me farther on. I have a job to do."
"Seems to me—" Lee said, feeling for the words, "seems to me the place you fight cruelty is where you find it, and the place you give help is where you see it needed.”
― The Subtle Knife
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Álvaro’s 2024 Year in Books
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Adult Fiction, Art, Biography, Book Club, Classics, Comics, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Science, Science fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult
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