Ulysses by James Joyce, but I might make a start next week – or the week after that …
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Anything by Dostoevsky. I tried!
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View all 32 →Loads. All the greats.
Because it’s in one of my songs, War and Peace.
None! We shouldn’t shame people for not having read “the greats”. There are always new greats emerging that may feel more relevant to our life experience, particularly female writers.
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View profile →I don’t want to get into an early death spiral, when you’re scaling down your life unnecessarily because you’ve already been there or done that. I never want to stop adventuring.
That there is time. I doggedly prioritise and pursue tasks, and the day seems to open out and everything does get done. Chill.
A great education.
Insular, creative and mechanically minded.
A criminal pathologist. Then I saw a show called Quincy ME and realised I just wanted to play one on TV.
I suspect it hasn’t happened yet.
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