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“they ask for water we give them sea
they ask for bread we give them sea
they ask for life we give them only the sea”
― Zong!
they ask for bread we give them sea
they ask for life we give them only the sea”
― Zong!
“More than fear of loving bears or birds bigger than cows, I fear pathless nights. How, I wonder, can I find you in the dark?”
― A Mercy
― A Mercy
“Poetry speaks to you either at first sight or not at all. A flash of revelation and a flash of response.”
― Disgrace
― Disgrace
“But the law is not an instrument to find out truth. It is there to create a fiction that will help us move past atrocious act and face our future. It seems there is no mercy in this world, but a kind of haphazard justice: men pay for crimes, but not necessarily their own.”
― The Mirror & the Light
― The Mirror & the Light
“Reading and writing are in themselves subversive acts. What they subvert is the notion that things have to be the way they are, that you are alone, that no one has ever felt the way you have.”
― Armageddon in Retrospect
― Armageddon in Retrospect
Dostoyevsky's Lair: Russian Literature
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The Readers Review: Literature from 1714 to 1910
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This is a group for discerning readers looking to discover, explore, and critically discuss some of the World’s literature, with a primary emphasis on ...more
Maria’s 2025 Year in Books
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