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“It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.”
― The Death of the Moth and Other Essays
― The Death of the Moth and Other Essays
“I'm glad you like adverbs — I adore them; they are the only qualifications I really much respect.”
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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
“History is always the interpretation of the present”
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“Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.”
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The Year of Reading Proust
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2013 was the year for reading—or re-reading—Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu or In Search of Lost Time for many of us. However, these th ...more
The Classics Club
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This group is made up of members of the Classics Book Club. Members who happen to be part of Goodreads can meet here to share links, post reviews, etc ...more
Classics and the Western Canon
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This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more
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