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“Never try to outstubborn a cat.”
― Time Enough for Love
― Time Enough for Love
“Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.”
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“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
― The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
― The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
“If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.”
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“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”
― The Brooklyn Follies
― The Brooklyn Follies
Classical music lovers
— 587 members
— last activity Dec 03, 2025 01:54AM
Our fast-growing classical music group is sometimes erudite - and maybe a little eccentric - but we aim never to be exclusive. Classical music is a g ...more
The MR Literary Club
— 13 members
— last activity Feb 06, 2015 10:23PM
We focus on a variety of literary works. Anyone is welcome to join! We pick one selection a month to read together through a nomination and voting pro ...more
2016: A Dance to the Music of Time
— 96 members
— last activity Nov 14, 2019 07:37PM
2016 reading group for the 12 book series by Anthony Powell, A Dance to the Music of Time. One book per month.
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Biography, Classics, Ebooks, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Music, Mystery, and Non-fiction
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