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“Half of Japan still couldn't tell the difference between crime and politics.”

Quote by Jon Courtenay Grimwood

Book:End Of The World Blues

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End Of The World Blues

In 'End Of The World Blues,' the author delves into the emotional depths of a post-apocalyptic world, using the blues as a metaphor for the human condition. The story is a haunting exploration of loss, survival, and the enduring spirit of humanity amidst chaos. more

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Jon Courtenay Grimwood

Jon Courtenay Grimwood, born in 1953, is a British author known for his works in science fiction and fantasy. His unique narrative style and rich imagination have won him a dedicated following among readers. more

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“There was something intrinsically sad about Shinjuku. A vacuum-packed hollowness that no quantity of neon could hide. Roppongi was the same, only there the sadness was older and more Western. All that movement to so little purpose. A million strangers searching for a cure to the darkness behind their eyes in the void between someone else's legs.”

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Book:End Of The World Blues

Source: End Of The World Blues

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“God probably thinks it’s worth giving a sense of humor only to those of us who have to laugh at all the rubbish bits that are wrong with us.”

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“You learned that if you're tired enough, you can sleep sitting up. That the unendurable is perfectly endurable if you just take it a minute at a time, and when the alternative is no more minutes ever.”

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“I always tell people I want to live to be 150 and they say why would you want to do that. I say, well there's a few people I haven't made mad yet, I want to get them.”

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“A mother of a one-year-old boy is a movie star in a world without critics.”

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Book:I Don't Know how She Does it: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother

Source: I Don't Know how She Does it: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother

“Death itself is too big to take in, she already sees that; the loss comes at you instead in an infinite number of small installments that can never be paid off.”

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Author:Allison Pearson

“No man would ever use both hands to hold a cup of tea, unless he was one day's march from the South Pole, with one chum dead in the snow, dogs all eaten and six fingers about to drop off. And even then he would look around the empty tent to check, in case anybody thought it was girly.”

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Book:I Think I Love You

Source: I Think I Love You

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