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When a lie has negative consequences, people dislike it. But otherwise? They move on, and eventually the lie as a lie is forgotten, or in this case, codified as the foundation of religious practice and buffed and sanded into something
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“But sometimes it’s easier to love someone who has flaws you can forgive in return for their forgiving yours.”
― King of Thorns
― King of Thorns
“There are few agonies worse than grasping about for a new career in a world where you seem to have no place. It’s as though I’m the odd man out in a game of duck-duck-goose, watching people settle into their lives, happy as a clam, while I stand here with no place and no prospects. It hits a person at their core.”
― The Lost Colony
― The Lost Colony
“There is no sound more annoying than the chatter of a child, and none more sad than the silence they leave when they are gone.”
― King of Thorns
― King of Thorns
“In the end it’s about staying power. They should put that on headstones, “Got tired.” Maybe not tired of life, but at least too tired to hold on to it.”
― Prince of Thorns
― Prince of Thorns
“Nona: a book is as dangerous as any journey you might take. The person who closes the back cover may not be the same one that opened the front one. Treat books with respect.”
― Red Sister
― Red Sister
Brewpub Book Club
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The Brewpub Book Club meets the first Tuesday of every month from 7-9 at the Michigan Brewing Company in Downtown Lansing. For more up-to-date inform ...more
Apocalypse Whenever
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The most active group for apocalyptic and dystopian stories! Join a monthly book discussion, get recommendations, or just tell us if you like canned p ...more
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