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Harold’s Quotes

“The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow.”
― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

tags: hunger

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“There's something beautifully friendly and elevating about a bunch of guys playing music together. This wonderful little world that is unassailable. It's really teamwork, one guy supporting the others, and it's all for one purpose, and there's no flies in the ointment, for a while. And nobody conducting, it's all up to you. It's really jazz__that's the big secret. Rock and roll ain't nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.”
― Keith Richards, Life

tags: jazz, music, rock-and-roll

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“The hand that holds the money cracks the whip.”
― James M. Cain, Mildred Pierce

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“I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.”
― Don DeLillo, The Names

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“Forgive me. I continue to underestimate the breadth of your ignorance.”
― Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

tags: hilarious

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Constant Reader — 6064 members — last activity 7 hours, 23 min ago
A forum for friendly discussion of classics, literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry and short stories. We also love movies and art. Don't ask to join th ...more

Terminalcoffee — 1746 members — last activity Oct 04, 2026 10:49AM
A place to chat about anything that emerges. We're pretty relaxed, and our attitudes mostly are mild. Make friends. Be authentic. Get mad. Laugh. ...more

Language & Grammar — 2181 members — last activity Oct 03, 2026 03:41AM
This group is for word lovers and has topics both serious (grammatical questions and concerns) and not so serious (word play and word games of all sor ...more

The Next Best Book Club — 26429 members — last activity Oct 05, 2026 03:09PM
Are you searching for the NEXT best book? Are you willing to kiss all your spare cash goodbye? Are you easily distracted by independent bookshops, bi ...more

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