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George’s Quotes

“He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.”
― Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche

tags: epitaph, first-sentence, great-first-lines, laughter, literary, merriment, opening-lines

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“The past is never dead. It's not even past.”
― William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun

tags: past, time

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“While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.”
― Groucho Marx

tags: money

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“You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.”
― Leon Trotsky

tags: war

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“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

tags: fear, hate, pain

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Movies We've Just Watched — 2599 members — last activity Nov 03, 2026 03:38PM
A chance in quick form to give your recent impressions of a movie you just watched--on the big screen or on dvd. Good or bad; life-changing or just si ...more

Literary Fiction by People of Color — 13675 members — last activity Nov 03, 2026 09:47AM
This can include genre fiction that is literary (e.g. speculative fiction, historical fiction, etc.), as long as it's written by a person of color (Af ...more

History is Not Boring — 2065 members — last activity Feb 10, 2026 05:12PM
Why do people think history is boring? I don't get it. ...more

(good) Horror Films — 163 members — last activity Aug 27, 2019 04:16PM
Do you like The Shining? Do you like Audition? Ok, cool. Do you like Scream 3? Do you like the Resident Evil films? GET OUT OF HERE! All those who ...more

THE WORLD WAR TWO GROUP — 2764 members — last activity 3 hours, 11 min ago
A chance to discuss books covering the Second World War, the battles, campaigns, leaders and weapons. Tantum librorum, tam brevi tempore (So many ...more

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