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“Very early in my life it was too late.”
― The Lover
― The Lover
“He walked down, for a long while avoiding looking at her as at the sun, but seeing her, as one does the sun, without looking.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape. ”
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“To want is to have a weakness.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
“Man shouldn’t be able to see his own face--there’s nothing more sinister. Nature gave him the gift of not being able to see it, and of not being able to stare into his own eyes.
Only in the water of rivers and ponds could he look at his face. And the very posture he had to assume was symbolic. He had to bend over, stoop down, to commit the ignominy of beholding himself.
The inventor of the mirror poisoned the human heart.”
― The Book of Disquiet
Only in the water of rivers and ponds could he look at his face. And the very posture he had to assume was symbolic. He had to bend over, stoop down, to commit the ignominy of beholding himself.
The inventor of the mirror poisoned the human heart.”
― The Book of Disquiet
Never too Late to Read Classics
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NTLTRC will help you find your love of Classcis! Find intrigue, well-developed characters, prose that is complex and beautiful, compelling stories tha ...more
Dostoyevsky's Lair: Russian Literature
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This group explores Russian literature with an emphasis on 19th/20th century authors.
R’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at R’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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