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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adiposity

apostate from the cause of adiposity

basically, people trying to lose weight (Norman discussing buying and revamping a Weight Watchers branch)

—p.82 6 (81) by David Foster Wallace
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apostate

not a single little smug psalm-singing baggy-skinned apostate

—p.82 6 (81) by David Foster Wallace
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monad

This was the world the monadic Vance Virogous received and mirrored through himself

not really sure what it means in this context

—p.76 5 (57) by David Foster Wallace
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a special relationship with Richard Nixon

[...] through the miracle of television, Vance Vigorous enjoyed a special relationship with Richard Nixon. As Watergate wore on in brilliant color, Vance took to furtive looks, pinched whiteness around the bridge of his nose, refusals to explain his whereabouts or give reasons for what he did. My t…

—p.76 5 (57) by David Foster Wallace