“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.”
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
― VALIS
― VALIS
“The truth is always an insult or a joke, lies are generally tastier. We love them. The nature of lies is to please. Truth has no concern for anyone's comfort”
― Geek Love
― Geek Love
The Lovely Bones Readalong
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— 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
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— 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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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
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