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Moby-Dick or, The Whale

by Herman Melville

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"we're back baby. whale weekly second attempt (3 years later and 5 months late to the second round of this)" — Apr 01, 2025 12:16PM

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Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)

by Tamsyn Muir (Goodreads Author)

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potato said: " this book spoke my language exactly, and I loved it for that.

and by that i mean i loved its sarcastic tone, realistic dialogue, and humor that could only come from someone who was on tumblr at the same time that I was. the writing made the characters ...more "

Jan 07, 2024 05:09PM · see review

potato’s Quotes

“Do not be afraid. Fear is how they control you. There's so much in the world you don't have to be afraid of, if you would only open your eyes.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

tags: matthias-helvar

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“that’s kind of what trust is, isn’t it? A willful self-delusion? You have to shut out that voice that whispers about betrayal, and just hope that your friends aren’t going to hurt you.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

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“It didn’t matter where you were, if you were in a room full of books you were at least halfway home.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magician's Land

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“God bless the book people for their boundless knowledge absorbed from having words instead of friends.”
― Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

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“Magic: it was what happened when the mind met the world, and the mind won for a change.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magician King

tags: mind-over-matter

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