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“The term itself—my life—is a desperate overstatement.”
― Valparaiso
― Valparaiso
“If you reveal everything, bare every feeling, ask for understanding, you lose something crucial to your sense of yourself. You need to know things that others don't know. It's what no one knows about you that allows you to know yourself.”
― Point Omega
― Point Omega
“How can one not feel enthusiasm for the man who never said anything vague?”
― Monsieur Teste
― Monsieur Teste
“To be great is to be misunderstood.”
― Self-Reliance and Other Essays
― Self-Reliance and Other Essays
“When it rains out, it also rains in.”
― Mao II
― Mao II
Women and Men
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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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The Theroux revival continues. This group counts as a village forum for discussing the works of Alexander Theroux. Both scholars and the naive and cur ...more
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