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“How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another’s will; Whose armor is his honest thought, And simple truth his only skill! . . . . . . . This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall; Lord of himself though not of lands; And having nothing yet hath all.” —SIR HENRY WOTTON.”
― Middlemarch
― Middlemarch
“Things are finally going my way. In fact, they’re going great! I have a chance to live after all! LOG ENTRY: SOL 37 I am fucked, and I’m gonna die!”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“I know I'll die someday, but I buy books like an immortal.”
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“May your bones be washed by the saltwater, your spirit return to the sand and the love we have for you be forever around us.”
― Swimming Lessons
― Swimming Lessons
“As Hannah Arendt wrote in her 1951 book, The Origins of Totalitarianism, “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.”
― The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump
― The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump
The Lovely Bones Readalong
— 206 members
— last activity Jul 12, 2023 10:03AM
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
World Classic-ish Book Club
— 9 members
— last activity Oct 10, 2022 07:51AM
We read the Classics, and sometimes the award winners, and sometimes books that look fun to discuss.
Of Mice and Men Readalong #OfMiceAndMenReadalong
— 257 members
— last activity Jun 06, 2022 04:50AM
This April, I will be hosting a readalong of John Steinbeck's classic Of Mice and Men. Please do join in if you would like to read this book or learn ...more
TCFL
— 138 members
— last activity May 28, 2018 01:59PM
A gathering place for the CF who enjoy good books and good discussions.
The Mookse and the Gripes
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— last activity 8 hours, 26 min ago
Forum for spirited and convivial discussion of fiction from around the world, with particular though not exclusive focus on 20th and 21st century fict ...more
Michael’s 2025 Year in Books
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