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How to Read a Book lists 5 Epic Poems that are the "backbone of any serious reading program. This is one of the five! Plus, F Scott Fitzgerald said in a letter dated May 1924 that he was "going to read nothing but Homer + Homeric literature--and hist ...more "
Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part.
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“People don't find it very sympathetic or endearing, a woman who puts herself first.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“About fireworks?
About love. About how we often mistake love for fireworks - for drama and dysfunction. But real love is very quiet, very still. It's boring, if seen from the perspective of high drama. Love is deep and calm - and constant. I imagine you do give Kathy love - in the true sense of the word. Whether or not she is capable of giving it back to you is another question.”
― The Silent Patient
About love. About how we often mistake love for fireworks - for drama and dysfunction. But real love is very quiet, very still. It's boring, if seen from the perspective of high drama. Love is deep and calm - and constant. I imagine you do give Kathy love - in the true sense of the word. Whether or not she is capable of giving it back to you is another question.”
― The Silent Patient
“It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“You see, but you do not observe.”
― A Scandal in Bohemia
― A Scandal in Bohemia
The American Novel Since 1945
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Yale posted a series of lectures entitled, "The American Novel Since 1945." This group will follow this lecture series. Your Host: Lisa of Troy (htt ...more
The Da Vinci Code Readalong #DaVinciCodeReadalong
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This March, I will be hosting a readalong of Dan Brown's classic The Da Vinci Code. Please do join in if you would like to read this book or learn a b ...more
Memoirs of a Geisha Readalong
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This May, I will be hosting a readalong of Arthur Golden's classic Memoirs of a Geisha. Please do join in if you would like to read this book or learn ...more
Little Women Readalong
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This June, I will be hosting a readalong of Louisa May Alcott's classic Little Women. Please do join in if you would like to read this book or learn a ...more
The Lovely Bones Readalong
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This July, I will be hosting a readalong of Alice Sebold's classic The Lovely Bones. Please do join in if you would like to read this book or learn a ...more
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