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“For if it's all the rest of us who are killed by the suicide, it's himself whom the murderer kills; only he has to do is over, and over, and over.”
― The Word for World Is Forest
― The Word for World Is Forest
“It really was truth or consequences, and Billy went with truth. It was just incredible." Forsaking public prominence, Strayhorn found personal freedom in service to the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Now there might not be a Billy Strayhorn Orchestra. But there was a Billy Strayhorn.”
― Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn
― Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn
“He had to remind himself that the work of a surgeon is poetry of a kind, in which blood is the meaning and flesh is the text.”
― Annabel
― Annabel
“Whenever she imagined her child, grown up without interference from a judgemental world, she imagined its male and female halves as complementing each other, and as being secretly, almost magically powerful.”
― Annabel
― Annabel
“Never! Never, Marge. I can't live the button-down life like you. I want it all: the terrifying lows, the dizzying highs, the creamy middles. Sure, I might offend a few of the bluenoses with my cocky stride and musky odors -- oh, I'll never be the darling of the so-called ‘City Fathers’ who cluck their tongues, stroke their beards, and talk about "What's to be done with this Homer Simpson?”
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Spoonie Reads
— 247 members
— last activity May 27, 2025 11:42AM
A laid back book club for chronically ill and disabled folks. Find us on tumblr @spooniereads or twitter @asouthernceliac and be sure to use the hasht ...more
Feminist Science Fiction Fans
— 1118 members
— last activity Apr 21, 2025 10:32AM
This group is focused on the sub-genre of Science Fiction that explores feminist issues such as women's roles in society. Feminist Sci-Fi poses questi ...more
The Killjoy Feminist Book Club
— 349 members
— last activity Dec 14, 2019 11:29AM
Ruining your favorite books by analyzing them from a feminist perspective. (In all seriousness, we welcome diverse opinions and are just looking for ...more
The Montreal Reading Circle
— 3 members
— last activity Aug 13, 2013 07:04AM
The Montreal Reading Circle is a group of bright, ambitious and wild individuals from all walks of life who get together twice a month to discuss lite ...more
FABClub (Female Authors Book Club)
— 652 members
— last activity May 16, 2025 05:56PM
We read books written by female authors and then we talk about them. All gender identities are welcome to become members of this group. All book selec ...more
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