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“Now the Sirens have a still more fatal weapon than their song, namely their silence... someone might possibly have escaped from their singing; but from their silence, certainly never.”
― Franz Kafka

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“Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay
To mould me man? Did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me?”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost

tags: antinatalism

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“Much of what is today called "social criticism" consists of members of the upper classes denouncing the tastes of the lower classes (bawdy entertainment, fast food, plentiful consumer goods) while considering themselves egalitarians.”
― Steven Pinker, The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

tags: bourgeois, classism, social-criticism

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“For the English, life is about not happiness but muddling through, getting by. In that sense, they are like the ancient Aztecs. When an Aztec child was born, a priest would say, “You are born into a world of suffering; suffer then and hold your peace.”
― Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World

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“I've come to believe that there exists in the universe something I call "The Physics of The Quest" — a force of nature governed by laws as real as the laws of gravity or momentum. And the rule of Quest Physics maybe goes like this: "If you are brave enough to leave behind everything familiar and comforting (which can be anything from your house to your bitter old resentments) and set out on a truth-seeking journey (either externally or internally), and if you are truly willing to regard everything that happens to you on that journey as a clue, and if you accept everyone you meet along the way as a teacher, and if you are prepared – most of all – to face (and forgive) some very difficult realities about yourself... then truth will not be withheld from you." Or so I've come to believe.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

tags: inspirational-quotes

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Quotable Quotes — 362 members — last activity Nov 02, 2021 09:16AM
I'd love to create a database of sorts filled with everyone's favorite quotes from books. Come share your favorites! ...more

Books I Loathed — 1962 members — last activity 17 hours, 0 min ago
This is a public forum for people to kvetch (cleanly, please) about books they absolutely hated, and for others to respond. Though nonfiction is certa ...more

Southern California Readers — 131 members — last activity Mar 31, 2015 03:34PM
A place to get in touch with other book worms from Southern California.

History is Not Boring — 2067 members — last activity Feb 10, 2026 05:12PM
Why do people think history is boring? I don't get it. ...more

2015 Book Challenge — 54 members — last activity Dec 23, 2015 03:27AM
This group will focus on the PopSugar 2015 Reading Challenge. We can discuss books we are hoping to read for the challenge, do some group reads and he ...more

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