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Book Cover for: Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler
Rogelio Rodriguez πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ––Rogelio Rodriguez πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ––

Started reading Octavia Butler's "The Parable of the Sower" since I've seen others on here praise it. Been decades since I've read some of her earlier works. She was an immense talent. Looking forward.

Paperback, 2019

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Book Cover for: As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner

As I Lay Dying

William Faulkner
Rogelio Rodriguez πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ––Rogelio Rodriguez πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ––

β€œThe reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time.” ~ William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying

Paperback, 1991

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Book Cover for: Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child, Thich Nhat Hanh

Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child

Thich Nhat Hanh
Rogelio Rodriguez πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ––Rogelio Rodriguez πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ––

"Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your perceptions need you, your feeling needs you. The wounded child in you needs you. Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it." ~ Thich Nhat Hanh, Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child

Paperback, 2006

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Book Cover for: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, Sylvia Plath

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath
Rogelio Rodriguez πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ––Rogelio Rodriguez πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ––

β€œI know pretty much what I like and dislike; but please, don't ask me who I am.” ~ Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Paperback, 2000

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Book Cover for: Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes

Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes
Rogelio Rodriguez πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ––Rogelio Rodriguez πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ––

"I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve always wanted to be, and feel alone." ~ Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

Paperback, 2005

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Book Cover for: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Robert Frost

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Robert Frost
Rogelio Rodriguez πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ––Rogelio Rodriguez πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ––

"The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep." ~excerpt from 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening', Robert Frost ART: Mildred Anne Butler, The Delegates https://t.co/I5edQKBBoX

Hardcover, 2001

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Book Cover for: David Copperfield, Charles Dickens

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens
Rogelio Rodriguez πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ––Rogelio Rodriguez πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ––

β€œI know enough of the world now to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything.” ~ Charles Dickens, David Copperfield (1850)

Hardcover, 2016

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Book Cover for: The Sirens of Titan, Kurt Vonnegut

The Sirens of Titan

Kurt Vonnegut
Rogelio Rodriguez πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ––Rogelio Rodriguez πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ––

If Q were one to quote writers, this is basically what he would have told Picard that time the Enterprise first met the Borg. "The bounties of space, of infinite outwardness, were three: empty heroics, low comedy, and pointless death." ~ Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan https://t.co/Lr1ipGru3H

Paperback, 1998

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Book Cover for: The Road: Pulitzer Prize Winner, Cormac McCarthy

The Road: Pulitzer Prize Winner

Cormac McCarthy
Rogelio Rodriguez πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ––Rogelio Rodriguez πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ––

"Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that. You forget some things, dont you? Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget." ~Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Paperback, 2007

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Book Cover for: Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut

Breakfast of Champions

Kurt Vonnegut
Rogelio Rodriguez πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ––Rogelio Rodriguez πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ––

"Of course it is exhausting, having to reason all the time in a universe which wasn’t meant to be reasonable." ~Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions https://t.co/NBC5VXyZfj

Paperback, 1999

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