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“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“Enjoyment appears at the boundary between boredom and anxiety, when the challenges are just balanced with the person's capacity to act.”
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“Her new boss was an undead automaton from hell, true. But, no job is perfect.”
― Daemon
― Daemon
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
― Enchanted Objects: Design, Human Desire, and the Internet of Things
― Enchanted Objects: Design, Human Desire, and the Internet of Things
Japanese Literature
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A group for people who enjoy literature written by Japanese authors, the arts, culture, and history of Japan. This month we have our group read and ...more
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Japanophiles!
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Do you love Japan? Want to learn about the culture and language? Then come join the Japanophiles! Here, we all love Japan and everything about it, and ...more
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Discuss all things Haruki Murakami: novels, short stories, non-fiction, books about HM, translation projects, related music/film, interviews, symbolis ...more
Disappear Here
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— last activity Feb 28, 2018 06:30PM
The definitive place to discuss the work of Bret Easton Ellis
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