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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

by Robert A. Caro

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The Origin of Species

by Charles Darwin

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Richard II

by William Shakespeare

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Ryan’s Quotes

“Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent.”
― Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

tags: consent, existence, horror, knowledge, western

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“Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader—not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.”
― E.L. Doctorow

tags: show-not-tell

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“I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections
Or the beauty of innuendos
The blackbird whistling
Or just after.”
― Wallace Stevens

tags: poetry

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“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
― Carl Gustav Jung

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“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

tags: lies, love, respect, self-deception, truth

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Thomas Pynchon — 376 members — last activity Dec 22, 2025 05:33AM
This is a group for Thomas Pynchon readers, whether casual or fanatical. What's your favourite Pynchon book? What's your favourite Pynchon story? I've ...more

Brain Pain — 1244 members — last activity Oct 10, 2023 09:29AM
NOTE: This group is intermittently active, but you are welcome to revive past discussions if you're currently reading any of those books. We read ch ...more

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A room for lovers of theatre, theater books, texts on acting, directing, theory and scripts.

The BURIED Book Club — 950 members — last activity Feb 27, 2026 06:22PM
TODAY BOOKS ARE NOT BURNED. THEY ARE BURIED. WE SHALL UNEARTH THEM.

Women and Men — 232 members — last activity Mar 22, 2026 12:56AM
Women and Men began as a reading group for Joseph McElroy's masterpiece. It has developed into All Things McElroy. We have chapter threads for discuss ...more

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