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My father once told me that respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. “Something cannot emerge from nothing,” he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable “the truth” can be. —FROM
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“The surest sign that an aristocracy exists is the discovery of barriers against change, curtains of iron or steel or stone or of any substance which excludes the new, the different.”
― God Emperor of Dune
― God Emperor of Dune
“The universe neither threatens nor promises. It holds things beyond our sway: the fall of a meteor, the eruption of a spiceblow, growing old and dying. These are the realities of this universe and they must be faced regardless of how you feel about them. You cannot fend off such realities with words. They will come at you in their own wordless way and then, then you will understand what is meant by “life and death.”
― Children of Dune
― Children of Dune
“How persistent it is, this demand that our gods be perfect. The Greeks were much more reasonable about such things.”
― God Emperor of Dune
― God Emperor of Dune
“few understand the ultimate peril to humankind—that false sense of freedom from responsibility for your own actions.”
― God Emperor of Dune
― God Emperor of Dune
“The writer Christian Bobin said, “Words left unspoken go off to scream deep inside us.”
― Fresh Water for Flowers
― Fresh Water for Flowers
The Autistic Book Club
— 1066 members
— last activity Apr 07, 2026 12:46AM
Welcome to the Autistic Book Club! This group is for Autistic people, as well as ADHD people and those who are wondering if they might be Autistic. ( ...more
The Feminist Orchestra Bookclub
— 4576 members
— last activity Mar 11, 2026 05:04AM
Discover and recommend more feminist reads here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/96419.The_Feminist_Orchestra_Potential_Reading_List We're also o ...more
Our Shared Shelf
— 222850 members
— last activity 15 hours, 1 min ago
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
Existential Book Club
— 1514 members
— last activity Apr 11, 2026 07:12AM
This a book club for anybody interested in reading existentialist literature and fiction. Every month I'll be putting up a new text either by an exist ...more
Newest Literary Fiction
— 1312 members
— last activity 4 hours, 12 min ago
Discover and share your discovery of the most recently published literary fiction. If you love reading novels before anyone else decides they are good ...more
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