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The Wonder That Was India: A Survey of the History and Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent Before the Coming of the Muslims

by A.L. Basham

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May 26, 2013 04:26AM

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Krazy Kat

by George Herriman

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Laurie said: " I never want to finish reading this. As long as I look at a page a week, the characters will stay with me. The malleable scenery, the living characters, the dreamlike stories; Herriman may have been the best cartoonist who understood the pleasure of ...more "

Dec 25, 2013 09:01AM · see review

Laurie’s Quotes

“The unhappy person resents it when you try to cheer him up, because that means he has to stop dwelling on himself and start paying attention to the universe. Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence. When you're unhappy, you get to pay a lot of attention to yourself. You get to take yourself oh so very seriously.”
― Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume

tags: self-indulgence, unhappiness

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