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Let’s get one thing clear right now, shall we? There is no Idea Dump, no Story Central, no Island of the Buried Bestsellers; good story ideas seem to come quite literally from nowhere, sailing at you right out of the empty sky: two
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“It was all quite natural, human beings are created in order to torment one another.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“A perfect judge will read each work of wit
With the same spirit that its author writ
Survey the whole nor seek slight faults to find
Where nature moves and rapture warms the mind,
Nor lose for that malignant dull delight
The generous pleasure to be charmed with wit
But in such lays as neither ebb nor flow,
Correctly cold and regularly low
That, shunning faults, one quiet tenor keep;
We cannot blame indeed—but we may sleep.
In wit, as nature, what affects our hearts
Is not the exactness of peculiar parts,
'Tis not a lip, or eye, we beauty call,”
― An Essay on Criticism
With the same spirit that its author writ
Survey the whole nor seek slight faults to find
Where nature moves and rapture warms the mind,
Nor lose for that malignant dull delight
The generous pleasure to be charmed with wit
But in such lays as neither ebb nor flow,
Correctly cold and regularly low
That, shunning faults, one quiet tenor keep;
We cannot blame indeed—but we may sleep.
In wit, as nature, what affects our hearts
Is not the exactness of peculiar parts,
'Tis not a lip, or eye, we beauty call,”
― An Essay on Criticism
“The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.”
― The Sorrows of Young Werther
― The Sorrows of Young Werther
“Grown-up people do not know that a child can give exceedingly good advice even in the most difficult case.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
Ask William F. Aicher Anything
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— last activity Feb 23, 2022 03:36PM
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The Hesse Readers Club
— 34 members
— last activity Sep 18, 2016 10:48AM
This Bay Area based book club will focus on the fictional pieces of German author Hermann Hesse. Made famous by works such as Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, ...more
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— last activity Nov 05, 2025 08:12AM
A group where we read and discuss the books recommended by Felix Most recent book review video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfQAnBol6Jw Felix' ...more
All Solitary Readers
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— last activity Jun 18, 2019 10:46AM
The intent is to create a virtual space, where readers can discuss books, share recommendations with each other, and explore any and every form of cel ...more
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