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Zuzia
is on page 270 of 302
Sr Mendes says he hasn't dreamt since he lost his right eye. It was his right eye that knew how to dream.
— Dec 06, 2024 04:47PM
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Zuzia
is on page 247 of 302
I don't think I was - am - alone in this desire, not to become someone else literally, but to arrive at some better, less painful version of oneself.
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Zuzia
is on page 190 of 302
I assert that reading and writing are best done in perfect solitude; that sometimes what you read and what you write should be kept a secret; that when you're by yourself popularity doesn't matter, nor does money, nor does fame, nor does status; that when you are a teenager and you have shut
yourself into a room to read Kafka for the first time, your parents and
your little sister should stop knocking.
— Dec 05, 2024 03:43AM
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yourself into a room to read Kafka for the first time, your parents and
your little sister should stop knocking.
Zuzia
is on page 188 of 302
Another editor at an independent house, a veteran of Penguin Random House, called her current method of acquiring books 'throwing shit at the wall' to see what sticks.
xD
— Dec 05, 2024 03:36AM
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xD
Zuzia
is on page 178 of 302
Literary fiction was sold in trade paperback editions, with less trashy cover designs, to appeal to pretentious readers who liked to get a latte on their trip to
Barnes & Noble or Borders.
Oh ho ho fLAmed
— Dec 05, 2024 03:18AM
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Barnes & Noble or Borders.
Oh ho ho fLAmed
Zuzia
is on page 49 of 302
If we end up lying to ourselves, we risk forgetting who we are, and someone who doesn't know who they are is a dangerous person. I never want to be a dangerous person.
— Nov 07, 2024 04:56AM
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