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“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”
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“If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved of you and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
“I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.”
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“You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
Golden Age of Hollywood Book Club
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— last activity Jun 22, 2026 09:36AM
This reading group is for lovers of classic Hollywood. We discuss the films, crews, actors, designers, and books that cover the Golden Age of Tinsel ...more
Existentialism
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— last activity May 29, 2026 10:36AM
Existentialism is a philosophical movement that claims that individual human beings have full responsibility for creating the meanings of their own li ...more
Readers of Jacques Lacan
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— last activity Jan 26, 2022 09:24AM
People who want to read the work of Jacques Lacan, and/or theorists of Lacanian orientation.
Summer of Jest
— 143 members
— last activity Jun 20, 2019 05:02PM
If you've been meaning to read (or re-read) this book—all 1,079 pages of it—then here's a chance to do so before you die, while also being part of a l ...more
Infinite Jest – David Foster Wallace
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— last activity Dec 22, 2019 08:18PM
This group read of DFW's Infinite Jest starts January 01, 2013 and finishes April 30, 2013. Please see this thread for the current reading schedule. ...more
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