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“A man must be able to hold his drink because drunkenness is sometimes necessary in this difficult life.”
― The Famished Road
― The Famished Road
“What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is related only to objects and not to individuals, or to life. That art is something which is specialized or which is done by experts who are artists. But couldn't everyone's life become a work of art? Why should the lamp or the house be an art object, but not our life?”
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“Books and beer are the best and worst defense.”
― The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
― The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
“The last trumpet ever to be sounded shall blow even algebra to wreck.”
― Hard Times
― Hard Times
“I am the sum total of everything that went before me, of all I have been seen done, of everything done-to-me. I am everyone everything whose being-in-the-world affected was affected by mine. I am anything that happens after I'm gone which would not have happened if I had not come.”
― Midnight’s Children
― Midnight’s Children
Read a book from each country
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I thought this would be a good place to collect recommendations for books from various countries. I don't have a formal goal to read a book from each ...more
Great African Reads
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— last activity Jan 12, 2026 02:10PM
Here is an overview of the group reads & activities: Regional reads Nominations and Book discussions. Buddy Reads Find someone to read along with!. Sh ...more
Previous, Present, or Future English Teachers!
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— last activity Jan 01, 2013 06:43AM
This is a group for anyone interested in literature and teaching it, a place to give and receive teaching ideas, and an area to discuss interesting an ...more
Around the World in 80 Books
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Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more
The Guttering Flame
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— last activity Nov 28, 2011 08:35PM
This is a little society, a cadre, a coterie of the unlike-minded. Here we discuss Comic Books (or Graphic Novels, if you prefer) as art, aesthetic, l ...more
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