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forged in the bowels of this hard world. Sharpened by hate. Strengthened by love.
“The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.”
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“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
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“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”
― The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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A Song of Ice & Fire Fans
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For fan discussion of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice & Fire series. Occasionally referred to by the first book of the series, A Game of Thrones. ...more
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A Group on the books of Stefan Zweig, starting with his Memoirs, The World from Yesterday.
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--"You're mine," she whispered. "Mine, as I'm yours. And if we die, we die. All men must die, Jon Snow. But first, we'll live." -- Ygritte, (A Storm o ...more
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A group dedicated to the enjoyment of great writing, not to analysis, not to eloquence, but to the joy of reading words well put on paper
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