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“Today’s mercantile society exploits the will to jouissance so as to repress it all the more.”
― Our Dark Side: A History of Perversion
― Our Dark Side: A History of Perversion
“By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower.”
― Stray Birds
― Stray Birds
“Sarah had a saying: Der gleichster veg iz ful mit shtainer." "What's it mean?" "The smoothest way is sometimes full of stones.”
― How to Breathe Underwater
― How to Breathe Underwater
“Karl Marx: "Religion is the opiate of the masses."
Carrie Fisher: "I did masses of opiates religiously.”
― Postcards from the Edge
Carrie Fisher: "I did masses of opiates religiously.”
― Postcards from the Edge
The Susan Sontag Club
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The aim of this group is to identify and discuss exceptional works of original critical thought similar to those of Susan Sontag and the thinkers who ...more
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Whether you are a newbie or an expert or simply love Russian literature... Welcome! This is a friendly group where you can share your thoughts an ...more
BooksActually
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BOOKSACTUALLY (est. 2005) is an independent bookstore in sunny Singapore. We house books on poetry, essays, literary journals alongside obscure, criti ...more
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