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“The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist; a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain.”
― The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
― The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.”
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The Passage trilogy readalong
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— last activity Sep 21, 2021 06:27AM
Join us as we read (or re-read) The Passage and The Twelve ahead of the release of the final part of Justin Cronin’s trilogy The City of Mirrors this ...more
Our Shared Shelf
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— last activity Apr 30, 2026 03:29PM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
Middle East/North African Lit
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— last activity Apr 29, 2026 03:09PM
Current banner photo : Gaza at Palestine #Land day https://altahrir.wordpress.com/2020/02/04/land-in-eastern-gaza-declared-a-disaster-zone-due-to-isr ...more
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