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“Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.”
― Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose
― Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Coraline
― Coraline
“The sound of a harpsichord – two skeletons copulating on a tin roof in a thunderstorm. ”
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“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
― The Importance of Being Earnest
― The Importance of Being Earnest
“Birth and death - what could be more monstrous than that? We like to deceive ourselves and call it wondrous and beautiful and majestic, but it's freakish, let's face it.”
― A Fine Balance
― A Fine Balance
Classics and the Western Canon
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This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more
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life's too short to read crappy books. this is why readers' advisory exists. feel free to join if you are looking for "a book like____" or "a book tha ...more
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