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“Where pre-Enlightenment Europe was sporadically cruel, post-Enlightenment Europe was systematically inhumane; where the pre-Enlightenment was haphazardly prejudiced, the Enlightenment was systematically racist, creating a "scientific" hierarchy of humanity that justified imperialism. "Reason" became another name for bourgeois oppression, the triumph of science merely an excuse for more orderly forms of social subjugation.”
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“Till taught by pain, Men really know not what good water's worth.”
― Don Juan
― Don Juan
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.”
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“You will be loved the day when you will be able to show your weakness without the other person using it to assert his strength.”
― Il mestiere di vivere: Diario 1935-1950
― Il mestiere di vivere: Diario 1935-1950
“I did not choose solitude. Who would? It came on me like a kind of vocation, demanding an effort that married women can’t picture. Sometimes, even now, I look on the married girls the way a wild dog might look through the window at tame ones, envying the regularity of their lives but also despising the low pleasure they get from the master’s touch.”
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Leafing Through With Friends
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Unapologetic Romance Readers
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❤️ Unfortunately the group has officially shut down. Thank you to everyone who joined us in this lovely journey for the last 8 years! Nenia & Maraya ...more
Romance & Erotica: Critical, Political, Unsafe and Adult
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This is a place for adults maintained by adults without kindergarden teachers holding your hand. Conversations about all types of erotica and romanc ...more
Persuasion Buddy Read
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— last activity Oct 25, 2015 09:03PM
Our buddy read of Jane Austen's Persuasion will be starting up on November 1, 2014. Jeannette, who will be leading our group, says: "Persuasion is Aus ...more
What's the Name of That Book???
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Can't remember the title of a book you read? Come search our bookshelves and discussion posts. If you don’t find it there, post a description on our U ...more
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