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“I began to realize what everyone in the world knows and routinely forgets: that to be loved sexually is to be loved not for one's actual self but for one's ability to arouse desire in the other...Only the thoughts in one's mind or intuitions of the spirit can attract permanently...”
― Vivian Gornick, The Odd Woman and the City

tags: attraction, desire, love, mind, sex, spirit

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“The price of success is steep and I've never been able to distinguish it from the feeling of sacrifice. If I could hold success in my hand, it would be a beating heart.”
― Weike Wang, Joan Is Okay

tags: immigrant-experience, immigrants

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“There are two categories of friendship: those in which people enliven one another and those in which people must be enlivened to be with one another. In the first category one clears the decks to be together; in the second one looks for an empty space in the schedule.”
― Vivian Gornick, The Odd Woman and the City

tags: friendship

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“I had discovered the miraculous possibility that art holds out to us: to be a part of the world and to be removed from the world at the same time.”
― Sigrid Nunez, A Feather on the Breath of God

tags: art, life, possibilities

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“We'd not been given perfection, not godliness, not symmetry, not gracious measurement, not a bad hand, nor a curse; we'd not been given anything other than a life to spend together; our lives, not easy or free from pain; we'd been given only a real life, dreadfully normal and sublime, and I would no longer betray its beauty by wishing it otherwise.”
― Chloé Cooper Jones, Easy Beauty

tags: beauty, life, perfection

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Literary Hoes — 8 members — last activity Oct 11, 2007 12:58PM
Hoeists and their allies discuss and enjoy modern lit.

Goodreads Librarians Group — 313150 members — last activity 1 minute ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die — 22071 members — last activity 3 hours, 13 min ago
For those attempting the crazy feat of reading all 1001 books! For discerning bibliophiles and readers who enjoy unforgettable classic literature, 10 ...more

A Novel Idea: a NYC Bookclub — 615 members — last activity Jun 04, 2023 05:30AM
This is the goodreads' version of the already existing book club appropriately and wittingly named "A Novel Idea." The group is based in New York City ...more

Japanese Literature — 5511 members — last activity Feb 18, 2026 06:25AM
A group for people who enjoy literature written by Japanese authors, the arts, culture, and history of Japan. The poll for Mar/April 2026 is up! Put ...more

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