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“The letters released something, maybe a sense that he was not alone, that the world was a place where travelers in language could know the same things.”
― Mao II
― Mao II
“The vision one holds of one's life is so limited, reduced in scope to a moment, so that each person can make choices only within that narrowed reality.”
― Eating Fire and Drinking Water
― Eating Fire and Drinking Water
“All human wisdom is contained in these two words - Wait and Hope”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“I armed her against the censures of the world, shewed her that books were sweet unreproaching companions to the miserable, and that if they could not bring us to enjoy life, they would at least teach us to endure it.”
― The Vicar of Wakefield
― The Vicar of Wakefield
“I am a creature of my pen. My pen is the best of me.”
― Possession
― Possession
The Filipino Group
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Goodreads - The Filipino Group (GR-TFG) We are Filipinos who love to read anything we get our hands on and who love to meet and discuss these things ...more
Existentialist Fiction
— 329 members
— last activity Nov 26, 2017 02:29PM
Existentialist fiction is rarely referred to as reality. And sometimes reality is misgiven. And then we seek for meaning, if not for purpose in words ...more
The Thomas Mann Group
— 246 members
— last activity Aug 12, 2020 09:04PM
Members of Kindred Spirits and other interested GR members read the works of Thomas Mann. Our next scheduled read is The Magic Mountain, taking plac ...more
The Fyodor Dostoyevsky Group
— 649 members
— last activity Aug 20, 2024 03:59PM
We are dedicated to discussing books by one of the greatest Russian writers ever. But 2014 will be focused on conducting a joint reading of 'The Broth ...more
Reddit
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— last activity May 26, 2022 02:58PM
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