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Quoted: Etta and Otto and Russell and James
We’re all scared, most of the time. Life would be lifeless if we weren’t. Be scared, and then jump into that fear. Again and again. Just remember to hold on to yourself while you do it.
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Quoted: The Revenant
The boy came to believe that going west was more than just a fancy for someplace new. He came to see it as a part of his soul, a missing piece that could only be made whole on some far-off mountain or plain.
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Quoted: Bonjour Tristesse
“I longed for her to ask me, ‘Well, what is the matter?’ and to ply me with questions, force me to tell her everything . . . then I should no longer be in torment.” What seventeen-year-old girl hasn’t thought this?
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Baby Driver
Phenomenal. There is literally nothing about this movie that I didn’t love. I saw it three times in the space of four days and cannot wait to own it so I can watch it again whenever I want. If you have not seen it, you should do that right now. Run, don’t walk. And when […]
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Quoted: The Autobiography of Malcolm X
I have often reflected upon the new vistas that reading opened to me. I knew right there in prison that reading had changed forever the course of my life. As I see it today, the ability to read awoke inside me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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The Witches of New York by Ami McKay
I have been enchanted by Ami McKay since her first novel, The Birth House, and it seems she still has me under her spell. (See what I did there? This book is about witches. You get it.) With both The Birth House and The Virgin Cure, McKay set a precedent as an author of great skill and imagination, and […]
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Saga by Brian K. Vaughn & Fiona Staples
I had no idea what I was going to read for our graphic novel category, but before I even had time to fret about it, the lovely Rosie came to my rescue—she sent me the first volume of Saga through the mail. Snail mail no less! And I’m going to tell you right now, I’m glad she […]
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Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
Hang on to your hats, folks. My first post in nearly three months just happens to be for a book that I adored and from which I scribbled down pages of notes and quotes, so this might take a while . . . If you’ve been paying attention, you probably know by now that I […]
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Quoted: The Witches of New York
He shook his head. “A skeptic is only interested in being right. I’m interested in finding the truth.” “Even if there’s a chance your theories are wrong?” “Especially then, because it means I might be on my way to discovering something new.”
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