"I would never attempt to dissuade anyone from reading a book. But please, if you're reading something that's killing you, put it down and read somethi...
I read the fuck out of every book I can get my hands on.
~ Nick Hornby ~
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I read the fuck out of every book I can get my hands on.
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"But I want to see Clara, Charlie's friend, who's right up my street. I want to see her because I don't know where my street is; I don't even know whic...
"A while back, when Dick & Barry & I agreed that what really matters is what you like, not what you *are* like, Barry proposed the idea of a questionna...
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