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C. Adam Volle

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Hollywood, Ending

by John Green (Goodreads Author)

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"I haven't been able to read this one as much as I want but I'm enjoying it." — Oct 02, 2026 07:43PM

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Infinite Jest

by David Foster Wallace

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"This book is really a complete surprise. Never read anything like it." — Sep 24, 2026 07:39PM

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C. Adam’s Quotes

“Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.”
― Albert Camus

tags: on-fiction

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“If you wrote something for which someone sent you a cheque, if you cashed the cheque and it didn't bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the money, I consider you talented.”
― Stephen King

tags: earning, money, payment, professional, publishing, talent, talents, writing

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“In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth. For nothing is more precious than the life force and may the love of that force guide you as you go.”
― Patti Smith, Early Work 1970-1979

tags: inspirational

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“There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success.”
― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

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“How wrong to have been so negative, how wrong to have been so gloomy, how wrong to have run away from life, how wrong to have said no, again and again, instead of yes.”
― Jonathan Franzen

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