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“Music is storming, driving, relentless, devotional, slinky, subtle, heartbreakingly-beautiful sounds that, lyrically, switch from the cynical to the sanguine, the defeated to the defiant, dealing in love, war, beauty, children, romance, rejection, Pethedine, poetry, panties, God, Auden, Johnny Cash, cold potatoes, too-much-money, not enough money, writer’s block, flowers, animals and more flowers. But maybe I’m projecting here.”
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“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.”
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“I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.”
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“Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.”
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“Because subjects like literature and art history have no obvious material pay-off, they tend to attract those who look askance at capitalist notions of utility. The idea of doing something purely for the delight of it has always rattled the grey-bearded guardians of the state. Sheer pointlessness has always been a deeply subversive affair.”
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German reading circle
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— last activity Aug 27, 2015 02:37AM
German girls (and a boy) talk about english books.
Marvin’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Marvin’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
790 books
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118 friends
604 books
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121 friends
1 book
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5 friends
171 books
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117 friends
20 books
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42 friends
0 books
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29 friends
30 books
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3 friends
90 books
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105 friends
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