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Georges Bataille
“Twenty years later, the boy who used to stick himself with pens was standing under the sky in a for­eign street where he had never been, waiting for some unknown, impossible event. There were stars: an infinity of stars. It was absurd - absurd enough to make you scream; but it was a hostile absurdity.”
Georges Bataille, Blue of Noon

Kyle Keyes
“Each time Olan Chapman comes to life, his anti-quarks remain on the far side of the Time Wall. After his life cycle ends, his quarks collapse back to these roots, and – presto – America's most wanted man is ready for his next adventure.”
Kyle Keyes, Worm Holes

Victoria Schwab
“What if I mess up?"

"Oh, you will. You'll mess up, you'll make mistakes, you'll break things. Some you'll be able to piece together, and others you'll lose. That's all a given. But there's only one thing you have to do for me."

"What's that?"

"Stay alive long enough to mess up again.”
Victoria Schwab, The Archived

Nick Cave
“Everything is happening and has happened and will happen again. Everything that exists has always existed and will continue to exist. Memory is imagined; it is not real. Don’t be ashamed of its need to create; it is the loveliest part of your heart. Myth is the true history. Don’t let them tell you that there are no monsters. Don’t let them make you feel stupid, just because you are happy to play down in the dark with your flashlight. The mystical world depends on you and your tolerance for the absurd.”
Nick Cave, The Sick Bag Song

Marisha Pessl
“I thus concluded, with the same awe of Jane Goodall discovering the chimpanzees’ nimble use of tools to extract termites, it really wasn’t so much the tragic event itself, but others having knowledge of it that prevented recovery.”
Marisha Pessl, Special Topics in Calamity Physics

year in books
Lourie ...
155 books | 4 friends

Katrice...
183 books | 38 friends

Kathern...
238 books | 1 friend

Houston...
647 books | 79 friends

Frankly...
206 books | 2 friends

Paulett...
253 books | 2 friends

Jamee Z...
265 books | 18 friends

Preston...
72 books | 27 friends

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