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“We never learn anything, never in the world, and in spite of all the history books written. They’re just the way we plead or ague with ourselves about it, but it’s only light from the outside that we’re supposed to take inside. If we can. There’s a regular warehouse of fine suggestions and if we’re not better it isn’t because there aren’t plenty of marvelous and true ideas to draw on, but because our vanity weighs more than all of them put together.”
― The Adventures of Augie March
― The Adventures of Augie March
“It's a wicked life, but what the hell, the stars ain't falling down.”
― Lyrics, 1962-2001
― Lyrics, 1962-2001
“It is so much simpler to bury reality than it is to dispose of dreams. ― Don DeLillo, Americana (ACTES SUD; 0 edition, August 10, 1993)”
― Americana
― Americana
“Build me a cabin in Utah
Marry me a wife, catch rainbow trout
Have a bunch of kids who call me “Pa”
That must be what it’s all about
That must be what it’s all about”
― Lyrics, 1962-2001
Marry me a wife, catch rainbow trout
Have a bunch of kids who call me “Pa”
That must be what it’s all about
That must be what it’s all about”
― Lyrics, 1962-2001
“Tell me this, pal, why isn't everybody sitting on a fence in the moonlight playing a banjo? That's all I want to know.”
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Dylanists
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For Bob Dylan fans interested in understanding and discussing the literary merits of his work.
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For all those planning to read Infinite Jest this summer starting June 21. Support, encouragement and gentle pushes welcome.
TIME All-Time 100 Novels
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For anyone trying to read the novels on this list: http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html
David Foster Wallace
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A group for the amazing work of David Foster Wallace, now deceased. RIP 1962-2008 Feel free to add his books to the bookshelf for the group.
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