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“I was able to correct the first half of Ulysses for the third edition and to read the first two volumes recommendés by Mr Schiff of A la Recherche des Ombrelles Perdues par Plusieurs Jeunes Filles en Fleurs du Côté de chez Swann et Gomorrhée et Co. par Marcelle Proyce et James Joust.”
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“I don't believe you. You're a liar. Play it fucking loud!”
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“The meat's so tough that it got up off the plate and beat the shit out of the coffee, which was too weak to defend itself.”
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“When a writer doesn't show his face, he becomes a local symptom of God's famous reluctance to appear."
We're all drawn to remoteness. A hard-to-reach place is necessarily beautiful. Beautiful and a little sacred, maybe. And a person who becomes inaccessible has a grace and wholeness the rest of us envy.”
― Mao II
We're all drawn to remoteness. A hard-to-reach place is necessarily beautiful. Beautiful and a little sacred, maybe. And a person who becomes inaccessible has a grace and wholeness the rest of us envy.”
― Mao II
“We live in weird times in which we are compelled to behave as if we are free, so that the unsayable is not our freedom but the very fact of our servitude.”
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William T Vollmann Central
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This corner of goodreads shall serve the needs of rainbow readers of Mr Vollmann's indulgent body of work. We welcome the veteran and the fresh flesh ...more
Dear John: From the Stacks of the late John Ditzler
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— last activity Feb 27, 2023 09:36AM
A little group to mourn the late John Ditzler through reading the books he loved, devoured, or hoped to get to. I think this Book Club can be akin to ...more
I.C.A.W. First Ward Bookclub (Internet church and whatnot)
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— last activity Jun 23, 2015 06:48PM
I.C.A.W. First Ward Bookclub (Internet church and whatnot) Books, discussions, and other reading materials catered toward harmonizing the collective ...more
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