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
Started reading Die Verwandlung by Franz Kafka →
Started reading Guards! Guards! (Discworld Novel)... →
Finished reading Pyramids (Discworld Novel) by... →
Started reading Menschen, Tiere, Katastrophen by... →
Finished reading Neuromancer by William Gibson →
“Measure twice, cut once, wise man put it.”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Neuromancer by William Gibson
Started reading Pyramids (Discworld Novel) by... →
“‘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
“‘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
“‘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
“‘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
“It was a landscape of describable beauty.”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
“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
Finished reading Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by... →
“Each photograph showed the youthful Buchholz at a different stage of his amateur...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Blood Eagle by Craig Russell
“The desk man smiled. He was clearly out of practice.”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Blood Eagle by Craig Russell
“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
“‘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
“The mainstream media have become particularly adept at creating what Jay Rosen,...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Reading in Four Dimensions by Andrew Losowsky
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“‘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
“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
Started reading Longitude by Dava Sobel →
“‘When you break rules, break ‘em good and hard,’”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
“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
“‘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
“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
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
“‘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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“‘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
“‘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
“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
“‘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
Started reading Wie Spucke im Sand. by Klaus... →
Started reading The Meowmorphosis by Franz Kafka,... →
“The wind howled. Lightning stabbed at the earth erratically, like an inefficient...”
– Highlighted by Julian Stahnke in Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
“‘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