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1984 - George Orwell
Published in 1949
“War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
"Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing."
“War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
"Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing."
GigaBeer's rating:
729
8.1
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Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Published in 1932
"But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin."
"Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted."
"But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin."
"Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted."
GigaBeer's rating:
605
7.9
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Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Published in 1953
"Nobody listens anymore. I can't talk to the walls because they're yelling at me, I can't talk to my wife; she listens to the walls. I just want someone to hear what I have to say. And maybe if I talk long enough it'll make sense. And I want you to teach me to understand what I read.”
"Nobody listens anymore. I can't talk to the walls because they're yelling at me, I can't talk to my wife; she listens to the walls. I just want someone to hear what I have to say. And maybe if I talk long enough it'll make sense. And I want you to teach me to understand what I read.”
GigaBeer's rating:
476
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The Stranger - Albert Camus
Published in 1942
"I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't."
"Have you no hope at all? And do you really live with the thought that when you die, you die, and nothing remains?" "Yes," I said."
"I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't."
"Have you no hope at all? And do you really live with the thought that when you die, you die, and nothing remains?" "Yes," I said."
GigaBeer's rating:
94
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Ham on Rye - Charles Bukowski
Published in 1982
"I knew I was strong, and maybe like they said, "crazy." But I had this feeling inside of me that something real was there."
"What a weary time those years were -- to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability."
"I knew I was strong, and maybe like they said, "crazy." But I had this feeling inside of me that something real was there."
"What a weary time those years were -- to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability."
GigaBeer's rating:
658
8.1
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Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
Published in 1955
"Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta. She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita."
"Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta. She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita."
GigaBeer's rating:
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The Last Don - Mario Puzo
Published in 1996
"What is past is past. never go back. Not for excuses. Not for justification, not for happiness. You are what you are, the world is what it is."
"Power isn't everything ...its the only thing."
"What is past is past. never go back. Not for excuses. Not for justification, not for happiness. You are what you are, the world is what it is."
"Power isn't everything ...its the only thing."
798
8
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Animal Farm - George Orwell
Published in 1945
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
70
7.9
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The Fall - Albert Camus
Published in 1956
“People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.”
“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”
“People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.”
“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”
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Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling
Complete Series | 1997 - 2007
"Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic."
“Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here!”
"Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic."
“Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here!”
GigaBeer's rating:
13
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The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 1)... - Patrick Rothfuss
with The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 2)
Published in 2007 & 2011
Published in 2007 & 2011
GigaBeer's rating:
81
7.5
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Sputnik Sweetheart - Haruki Murakami
Published in 1999
"And it came to me then. That we were wonderful traveling companions but in the end no more than lonely lumps of metal in their own separate orbits. From far off they look like beautiful shooting stars, but in reality they're nothing more than prisons, where each of us is locked up alone, going nowhere. When the orbits of these two satellites of ours happened to cross paths, we could be together. Maybe even open our hearts to each other. But that was only for the briefest moment. In the next instant we'd be in absolute solitude. Until we burned up and became nothing."
"And it came to me then. That we were wonderful traveling companions but in the end no more than lonely lumps of metal in their own separate orbits. From far off they look like beautiful shooting stars, but in reality they're nothing more than prisons, where each of us is locked up alone, going nowhere. When the orbits of these two satellites of ours happened to cross paths, we could be together. Maybe even open our hearts to each other. But that was only for the briefest moment. In the next instant we'd be in absolute solitude. Until we burned up and became nothing."
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Published in 1971
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