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‘"I figure I'll look less lonely with a book in my hand."
"So you're the type that cares what other people think."
"That's how you end up when you go around alone. People think people who go around alone are weird."’

‘Nobody would tell a woman in her thirties how she was supposed to make friends from scratch, and there were no manuals that she knew of.’

‘People want to be good. Deep down. Kind. The problem, of course, is that it isn't always possible to be kind to idiots, because they're idiots.‘

‘…it’s pride that stops a person from asking for help.’

‘Older men rarely know what to say to younger men to let them know that they care. It's so hard to find the words when all you really want to say is: 'I can see you're hurting.'’

Just a few pages more but took some flu medicine & now I’m sleepy

‘This was how it always was with him. The closer she tried to get, the further he pulled away, like a skittish cat slipping just out of reach. No matter how much she wanted to understand him, he never let her in.’

‘Practically every bookstore maintained its own recommendation displays to boost sales. Most of the time, they consisted ot handwritten cards with catchy blurbs about specific books.
A well-placed, well-written display could significantly increase sales. Lately, with the publishing industry in a slump, handwritten recommendations had become an essential tool for driving sales.’

‘Whether you write novels or short stories, to maintain creativity over a long period of time you need the kind of staying power that makes this continual process possible.’

Enjoying & taking my time reading this. Don’t have any urge to rush.

Glued to the book all day long!

Part I finished.

So engaging so far. It gives some kind of Pachinko vibe.