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Frank J. Fleming
“No matter how lazy or unmotivated a person is, if he feels his life is on the line, he will devote every available resource to not being killed. Civilization goes out the door, and pure survival kicks in. When people are that awake and that focused, they intrigue me. So you can say I have a job that brings out the best in people.”
Frank J. Fleming, Superego

“I kept a picture of me kissing my dad’s corpse on the forehead in my wallet for years. I’d break it out any time someone showed me a baby picture, just so they would know how it ends.”
Doug Stanhope, Digging Up Mother: A Love Story

Nicolás Gómez Dávila
“To deny that a “human nature” exists is the ideological trick the optimist employs to defend himself against history.”
Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Escolios a una texto implícito: Selección

Thomas Bernhard
“Parents have a child, and in doing so they bring into the world a monster that kills everything it comes in contact with.”
Thomas Bernhard, Concrete

Cyrano de Bergerac
“The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men's apples and head their cabbages.”
Cyrano de Bergerac

35650 Un club de lectura — 325 members — last activity Dec 08, 2018 02:40AM
Somos un grupo de lectura en español. Leemos y comentamos un libro distinto cada dos meses. Cualquiera puede participar, sólo tenéis que uniros.
3879 The Atheist Book Club — 1663 members — last activity Feb 18, 2026 05:59AM
In these gilded halls we shall discuss the presence of the atheistic viewpoint in the written form. Are you a fan of Douglas Adams' scientific view of ...more
13824 Literary Darkness — 4788 members — last activity 4 hours, 2 min ago
This group is dedicated to an appreciation of important works of literature, both classic and contemporary... that happen to fall into the category of ...more
493 Books en Español — 16819 members — last activity 4 hours, 18 min ago
Este grupo, creado en el 2007, nace de una iniciativa colectiva para abrir un espacio a los hispanohablantes dentro de la amplia red de intercambio qu ...more
3511 Venezuela lee — 643 members — last activity Jun 25, 2025 03:49PM
El venezolano sigue leyendo, a pesar de la dificultad de encontrar libros de autores extranjeros, los costos de los existentes y la pérdida de algunas ...more
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