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“She is like all the rest of them. Whether they are seventeen or fortyseven, when they finally come to surrender completely, it's going to be in words.”
― Light in August
― Light in August
“...how false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.”
― Light in August
― Light in August
“Like a fellow running from or toward a gun ain't got time to worry whether the word for what he is doing is courage or cowardice.”
― Light in August
― Light in August
“The whiskey died away in time and was renewed and died again, but the street ran on. From that night the thousand streets ran as one street, with imperceptible corners and changes of scene ...”
― Light in August
― Light in August
“a fellow is more afraid of the trouble he might have than he ever is of the trouble he's already got. He'll cling to trouble he's used to before he'll risk a change. Yes. A man will talk about how he'd like to escape from living folks. But it's the dead folks that do him the damage. It's the dead ones that lay quiet in one place and dont try to hold him, that he cant escape from.”
― Light in August
― Light in August
Jonah’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Jonah’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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222 friends
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228 books
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279 books
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797 books
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91 books
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21 friends
173 books
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175 friends
2,760 books
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58 friends
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