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“I’ve been to the fucking Louvre,” snaps O’Brien. “Is that near the regular Louvre?”
“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
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“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
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with your one wild and precious life?”
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“We are not all born at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later... Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth.”
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“I am so far from being a pessimist...on the contrary, in spite of my scars, I am tickled to death at life.”
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“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
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Our Shared Shelf
— 223346 members
— last activity Dec 16, 2025 12:22AM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
College Prepster Book Club
— 944 members
— last activity Jun 08, 2016 04:02PM
Hi! After receiving a few requests, I thought it'd be fun to create a book club group here on Goodreads. (I'm still figuring out how this works, so a ...more
The Preppy Page Turners
— 165 members
— last activity Aug 02, 2021 01:50AM
It's a book club. ...more
Buzzwordathon
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The Buzzword Readathon (#buzzwordathon) is a monthly readathon, running the first week of each month (1st through 7th). Each month will have a designa ...more
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