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“Secrets have power. And that power diminishes when they are shared, so they are best kept and kept well. Sharing secrets, real secrets, important ones, with even one other person, will change them. Writing them down is worse, because who can tell how many eyes might see them inscribed on paper, no matter how careful you might be with it. So it's really best to keep your secrets when you have them, for their own good, as well as yours.”
― The Night Circus
― The Night Circus
“Love blurs your vision; but after it recedes, you can see more clearly than ever. It's like the tide going out, revealing whatever's been thrown away and sunk: broken bottles, old gloves, rusting pop cans, nibbled fishbodies, bones. This is the kind of thing you see if you sit in the darkness with open eyes, not knowing the future.”
― Cat’s Eye
― Cat’s Eye
“and the question is, which one is really “you,”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
“Some cities are women and must be loved; others are men and can only be admired or bargained with”
― The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
― The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
BookPlate Book Club
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BOOKPLATE is the Book Club at the University of Essex. Set up by Terri-Jane and Rob, BOOKPLATE gives us somewhere to meet up and discuss the month's b ...more
Adventures With Words
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Adventures With Words is where Rob and Kate discuss storytelling in all its forms! We have a weekly podcast which can be found in iTunes as well as p ...more
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This is a monthly book club meeting in Colchester. 40 of us meet each month to discuss a book over a 2 course supper and a glass of wine. It's all abo ...more
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