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The Night Cleaner
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The Last of the Wine
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Desmond Tutu
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”
Desmond Tutu (Foreword)

Maxine Hong Kingston
“In a time of destruction, create something.”
Maxine Hong Kingston

Madeleine L'Engle
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
Madeleine L'Engle

Robert Graves
“There's no money in poetry, but there's no poetry in money, either.”
Robert Graves

George Carlin
“I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.”
George Carlin

25x33 Language Learners and Polyglots — 84 members — last activity Feb 03, 2026 03:06PM
A place to share books read in foreign languages (for the purpose of culture and/or language study), books on learning languages, and books that inspi ...more
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Study and discussion of the important questions of ethical and political philosophy from Confucius and Socrates to the present. Rules (see also the ...more
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