Welcome to Bookmarker!

This is a personal project by @dellsystem. I built this to help me retain information from the books I'm reading.

Source code on GitHub (MIT license).

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mulching

to follow the still-curved glass away from the mulching glass

—p.38 The Only Meaning of the Oil-Wet Water (19) by Dave Eggers
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jalopies

Pilar had expected jalopies and wood-fenced fruit trucks, but they were rare.

—p.22 The Only Meaning of the Oil-Wet Water (19) by Dave Eggers
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on the personalisation of terrorism

[...] Why did he feel violated? He felt punched, robbed, raped. If a soldier was killed and mutilated in his own country, this man would not feel this kind of revulsion. He doesn't feel this way when he hears about trains colliding, or a family, in Missouri, drowning in their minivan in a December …

—p.18 What It Means When a Crowd in a Faraway Nation Takes a Soldier Representing Your Own Nation, Shoots Him, Drags Him from His Vehicle and Then Mutilates Him in the Dust (17) by Dave Eggers