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"X got a call for help. A rich and neurotic guy is with a woman who feels guilty for leaving a woman who is in trouble. She was kidnapped.
It started with a missing person case to a case of finding the balance of need for justice and respecting the victim." — 16 hours, 12 min ago
"X got a call for help. A rich and neurotic guy is with a woman who feels guilty for leaving a woman who is in trouble. She was kidnapped.
It started with a missing person case to a case of finding the balance of need for justice and respecting the victim." — 16 hours, 12 min ago
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"The manga starts with torture used by the Catholic Church against humans, including scientists, in the 15th century. I read books about this in the past, and it made me realise this is nothing but an evil, sadistic cult." — Jun 04, 2026 11:38AM
"The manga starts with torture used by the Catholic Church against humans, including scientists, in the 15th century. I read books about this in the past, and it made me realise this is nothing but an evil, sadistic cult." — Jun 04, 2026 11:38AM
“A famous bon mot asserts that opinions are like arse-holes, in that everyone has one. There is great wisdom in this… but I would add that opinions differ significantly from arse-holes, in that yours should be constantly and thoroughly examined.
We must think critically, and not just about the ideas of others. Be hard on your beliefs. Take them out onto the verandah and beat them with a cricket bat.... Be intellectually rigorous. Identify your biases, your prejudices, your privilege.”
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We must think critically, and not just about the ideas of others. Be hard on your beliefs. Take them out onto the verandah and beat them with a cricket bat.... Be intellectually rigorous. Identify your biases, your prejudices, your privilege.”
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“When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching -- they are your family. ”
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“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.”
― Cosmos
― Cosmos
“So that was it. As at a birth, so at a death. Without so much as a kiss-me-quick-and-mind-the-marmalade, the only female in sight is enlisted to trot off and see that the water is boiled. Rustle something up, indeed! What did he take me for, some kind of cowboy?”
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
“Please don’t make the mistake of thinking the arts and sciences are at odds with one another. That is a recent, stupid, and damaging idea. You don’t have to be unscientific to make beautiful art, to write beautiful things.
If you need proof: Twain, Adams, Vonnegut, McEwen, Sagan, Shakespeare, Dickens. For a start.
You don’t need to be superstitious to be a poet. You don’t need to hate GM technology to care about the beauty of the planet. You don’t have to claim a soul to promote compassion.
Science is not a body of knowledge nor a system of belief; it is just a term which describes humankind’s incremental acquisition of understanding through observation. Science is awesome.”
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If you need proof: Twain, Adams, Vonnegut, McEwen, Sagan, Shakespeare, Dickens. For a start.
You don’t need to be superstitious to be a poet. You don’t need to hate GM technology to care about the beauty of the planet. You don’t have to claim a soul to promote compassion.
Science is not a body of knowledge nor a system of belief; it is just a term which describes humankind’s incremental acquisition of understanding through observation. Science is awesome.”
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Hong Kongers Readers Club 香港人圍爐會
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— last activity Nov 16, 2023 04:37AM
Hopefully can connect different Hongkonger Goodreads users, and maybe catalogue books published in Hong Kong better. 希望聯繫唔同香港嘅 Goodreads 用家，同埋可能可以更好地 ...more
Appointment With Agatha
— 400 members
— last activity Jun 01, 2026 11:25AM
Since we have finished our first complete read-through of Christie's mystery novels, we are focused on rereading selected Christies as well as broaden ...more
UK Book Club
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This is a book group for Goodreads users in the UK, but members from other countries are welcome too so long as all posts are made in English. Please ...more
English language Silent Book Club Paris (online)
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— last activity Feb 24, 2026 03:54AM
Silent Book Club is happy hour for introverts. Bring a book and maybe bring a friend. Then settle in for an hour of reading in silence with fellow boo ...more
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