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Kelly is Currently Reading

Kelly is currently reading

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)

by Mark Twain

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Reading for the 2nd time

read in April 2009

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Kelly said: " Deserves the acclaim. Re-reading it for the billionth time, this time for book club. "

Apr 08, 2009 09:40AM · see review

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Mark Twain

by Ron Chernow

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Nov 23, 2025 02:21PM

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The You You Are: A Spiritual Biography of You

by Ricken Lazlo Hale

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Kelly’s Quotes

“Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me.”
― Anatole France

tags: books, lending, library

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“We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.”
― Tom Robbins

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“It was quite likely the best advice I’ve ever received. I can’t help but wonder what my life would have been like if I’d actually followed it.”
― Tom Robbins, Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life

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“The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.”
― Dorothy Parker

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“I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.”
― John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

tags: cheese, dip, dunce, food, history, writing

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