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“Animals are my friends...and I don't eat my friends.”
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“I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.”
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“People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.”
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“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
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“A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral.”
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The Short Story Club
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We read and discuss one short story a week. Authors are welcome, but it's not a group to promote one's own work. The first post of each week's discus ...more
The Poetry Collective
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Welcome! Here poetry readers unite to share and discuss a single poem by a published poet every week . We do not discuss original poetry promoted by ...more
What next, now notifications are reduced, DMs abolished, so GR is dying?
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— last activity Jun 10, 2026 08:01PM
On 20 Sept 2024, GR removed the option for email notifications, without telling users (unless they looked at the "help" page). In-app/web notification ...more
Augustus -buddy read
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— last activity Apr 11, 2025 03:34PM
Buddy read of Augustus - John Williams
The Middle of the Journey, August 2025
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— last activity Sep 28, 2025 07:00PM
Lionel Trilling's novel The Middle of the Journey. Of ideologies, Trilling wrote, "Ideology is not the product of thought; it is the habit or the rit ...more
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