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But instead of telling yourself that the bullies are “just jealous” (they’re not) or trying to learn revenge telekinesis in time for the big dance (you won’t, I’ve tried, it’s hard),
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“Freddie experienced the sort of abysmal soul-sadness which afflicts one of Tolstoy's Russian peasants when, after putting in a heavy day's work strangling his father, beating his wife, and dropping the baby into the city's reservoir, he turns to the cupboards, only to find the vodka bottle empty.”
― The Best of Wodehouse: An Anthology
― The Best of Wodehouse: An Anthology
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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Bklyn-NYC book club
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— last activity Jan 14, 2008 09:00AM
A Brooklyn-based book club focusing on good literature.
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