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Terry Pratchett
“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
Terry Pratchett, Diggers

Marcus Aurelius
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

Mikhail Bulgakov
“manuscripts don't burn" - "(рукописи не горят)”
Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

Elie Wiesel
“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
Elie Wiesel

Oscar Wilde
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
Oscar Wilde

2281 Magic Realism — 1030 members — last activity Jul 04, 2025 11:47AM
Magic realism is a global and varied mode of literature, from the early twentieth century European works which made the everyday seem magical, to the ...more
1786 Latin American Literature and Magical Realism — 366 members — last activity Aug 29, 2017 05:48AM
Latin American literature rose to particular prominence during the second half of the 20th century, largely thanks to the international success of the ...more
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