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“Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous - to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd.”
― Thomas Mann, Death in Venice and Other Tales

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“Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.”
― Sophocles

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“That’s the other thing I learned that day, that the truth, however shocking or uncomfortable, in the end leads to liberation and dignity.”
― Ricky Gervais

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“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
― E. B. White

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“What is reasonable is real; that which is real is reasonable.”
― Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Elements of the Philosophy of Right

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Metal — 302 members — last activity Feb 09, 2026 07:24AM
This group is for all of you out there who listen to any of the subgenres of metal: Black, death, doom, drone, folk, glam, gothic, groove, industrial, ...more

Goodreads Italia — 25054 members — last activity 8 hours, 2 min ago
Goodreads Italia è un luogo d'incontro per gli utenti italiani e italofoni della piattaforma Goodreads. Il gruppo, nato nel 2010 e in costante evoluz ...more

Atheists and Skeptics — 2215 members — last activity Jan 26, 2026 02:44PM
This is a group meant for the discussion of atheism and skepticism and the books associated with both. Recommending books arguing for or against relig ...more

The Atheist Book Club — 1661 members — last activity Feb 18, 2026 05:59AM
In these gilded halls we shall discuss the presence of the atheistic viewpoint in the written form. Are you a fan of Douglas Adams' scientific view of ...more