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“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.”
― The Last Continent
― The Last Continent
“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.”
― Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science
― Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science
“Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend.”
― I Am Legend
― I Am Legend
“I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.”
― Foucault’s Pendulum
― Foucault’s Pendulum
“And I want to be held down. I don't know what to do with the horrifying freedom that can destroy me.”
― The Passion According to G.H.
― The Passion According to G.H.
500 Great Books By Women
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500 Great Books By Women A Reader's Guide to the Worlds of Women's Writing Be sure to check out the bookshelf and see if you've reviewed any of the ...more
Nobel Prize Winners
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From the sublime to the abstruse, from the bestsellers to the rightly unknown. To read the winners of the Nobel Prize in literature is a roller coaste ...more
Divine Comedy + Decameron
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— last activity Nov 07, 2020 01:07PM
This group is for those interested in reading either or both Dante's Divine Comedy or Boccaccio's Decameron in 2014. Each read will be non-concurrent ...more
The Nobel Prize in Literature
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Ah, the Nobel Prize! The decision of a jury of aristocratic Swedes who, since 1901, have awarded the prize to seven of their countrymen and one of the ...more
Sweden
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This is a group for Swedes on Goodreads or anyone interested in Sweden and Swedish literature. Här pratar vi svenska böcker eller pratar om böcker, li ...more
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