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Brideshead Revisited

by Evelyn Waugh

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The Flamethrowers

by Rachel Kushner (Goodreads Author)

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Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)

by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)

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“I should like to bury something precious in every place where I've been happy and then, when I'm old and ugly and miserable, I could come back and dig it up and remember.”
― Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

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“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
― Leo Tolstoy , Anna Karenina

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“You must write, and read, as if your life depended on it.”
― Adrienne Rich

tags: on-writing, reading

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“The dead live."
"How do they live?"
"By love.”
― John Fowles, The Magus

tags: dead, love

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“... To know and love one other human being is the root of all wisdom.”
― Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

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We are a gay men's reading group with more offline-members than online. We meet once a month to discuss a book which is a) written or translated into ...more

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We are a group of Men who are Gay Friendly and meet every 4th Tuesday of the month at "The 519" Church Street Community Centre 6 pm to 8 pm Church and ...more

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Join us in discussing 19th Century Epic Romances. After all, who doesn't love a good love story. ...more

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