February 2012
33 posts
“Dies frühzeitige Aufstehen«, dachte er, »macht einen ganz blödsinnig. Der Mensch...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Die Verwandlung by Franz Kafka
Feb 11th
Started reading Die Verwandlung by Franz Kafka →
Feb 11th
Started reading Guards! Guards! (Discworld Novel)... →
Feb 10th
Finished reading Pyramids (Discworld Novel) by... →
Feb 10th
Started reading Menschen, Tiere, Katastrophen by... →
Feb 7th
Finished reading Neuromancer by William Gibson →
Feb 5th
“Measure twice, cut once, wise man put it.”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Neuromancer by William Gibson
Feb 5th
Started reading Pyramids (Discworld Novel) by... →
Feb 3rd
“‘Act, then. Being a king is, is—’ Granny hesitated, and snapped her fingers at...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Feb 3rd
“‘If you could see inside your colon you’d be horrified.’ ‘I think I would,’...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Feb 3rd
“‘Don’t you want to die nobly for a just cause?’ ‘I’d much rather live quietly...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Feb 3rd
“‘Pretty weak stuff,’ said Nanny, eventually. She fumbled in her apron pocket for...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Feb 3rd
“It was a landscape of describable beauty.”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Feb 3rd
“The castle was full of people standing around in that polite, sheepish way...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Feb 3rd
Finished reading Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by... →
Feb 3rd
“Each photograph showed the youthful Buchholz at a different stage of his amateur...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Blood Eagle by Craig Russell
Feb 3rd
“The desk man smiled. He was clearly out of practice.”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Blood Eagle by Craig Russell
Feb 3rd
“Hansi Kraus nodded. He looked less than happy about it, but had the doomed air...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Blood Eagle by Craig Russell
Feb 3rd
“‘That’s what it means to become old, young man. Your world shrinks and shrinks...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Blood Eagle by Craig Russell
Feb 3rd
“The mainstream media have become particularly adept at creating what Jay Rosen,...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Reading in Four Dimensions by Andrew Losowsky
Feb 3rd
“And although you can read the tweets today – they are all still online, just as...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Reading in Four Dimensions by Andrew Losowsky
Feb 3rd
“Soundcloud has made listening into a social activity using many of the same...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Reading in Four Dimensions by Andrew Losowsky
Feb 3rd
“Tomjon tried to get an early night, but sleep was murdered by the sound of...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Feb 3rd
“Hwel was no more capable of objecting to the new theatre than a monkey was of...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Feb 3rd
“Destiny was funny stuff, he knew. You couldn’t trust it. Often you couldn’t even...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Feb 3rd
“Granny Weatherwax squinted irritably into Nanny Ogg’s crystal ball. It wasn’t a...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Feb 3rd
“‘You know, Hwel, I reckon responsible behaviour is something to get when you...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Feb 3rd
“It was reckoned to be very healthy there. Very few germs were able to survive.”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Feb 3rd
Started reading Longitude by Dava Sobel →
Feb 3rd
“‘When you break rules, break ‘em good and hard,’”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Feb 3rd
“In a certain light and from a carefully chosen angle, Magrat was not...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Feb 3rd
“‘A man could go far, knowing his rights like you do,’ said Granny. ‘But right...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Feb 3rd
“The face was particularly worrying. Magrat had used a lot of powder to make her...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Feb 3rd
January 2012
142 posts
“There was plenty of flat ground in the Ramtops. The problem was that nearly all...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Jan 31st
“‘Doesn’t seem to be her normal self,’ said Nanny Ogg. ‘Yes. Could be an...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Jan 31st
“So far round the twist you could use him to open wine bottles.”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Jan 31st
“Winter meant the coming of the lazy wind, which couldn’t be bothered to blow...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Jan 31st
“The Fool held his breath. On long nights on the hard flagstones he had dreamed...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Jan 31st
“A year went past. The days followed one another patiently. Right back at the...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Jan 31st
“You can’t go round ruling people with spells, because you’d have to use more and...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Jan 31st
“The men were Ramtoppers as well. They were following him very closely, ready to...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Jan 18th
“The door opened. It opened very slowly, and with the maximum amount of creak....”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Jan 18th
“‘Ah, well, we’ve all passed a lot of water since then,’ said Nanny Ogg sagely.”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Jan 18th
“‘Where’s Nanny?’ she said. ‘She’s lying out on the lawn,’ said Granny. ‘She felt...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Jan 18th
“It apparently belonged to a large fat man who had been badly savaged by a...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Jan 18th
“‘Things that try to look like things often do look more like things than things....”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Jan 18th
Started reading Wie Spucke im Sand. by Klaus... →
Jan 18th
Started reading The Meowmorphosis by Franz Kafka,... →
Jan 18th
“The wind howled. Lightning stabbed at the earth erratically, like an inefficient...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Jan 18th
“‘Ah, yes. The carpet. Push the nose of the statue behind you, peach-buttocked...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Sourcery (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Jan 17th