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“If only time never came to its senses. If somehow it wouldn't succeed in walking a straight line. If it would only lurch, behave nonsensically, fall to pieces. And we would watch, and, condemning its actions, would never have to refer to it again.”
― Elif Shafak, The Gaze

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“The blunt, unceasing continuity of things baffled him, affronted him. It was a scandal, the entire indifferent business of being alive.”
― John Banville, The Drowned

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“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever.”
― Kevin Kwan, Lies and Weddings

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“The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we're not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.”
― Paul Auster

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“although it was easier to believe in the devil than it was in God. The devil was everywhere, whereas God was, clearly, nowhere to be found.”
― Kate Atkinson, Death at the Sign of the Rook

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The Brown County Reading Society — 10 members — last activity Mar 30, 2026 10:05AM
*must already know a member to request membership* The BCRS hosts: The Long Books Challenge, a yearly 2-to-3 month challenge starting in October to ...more

The Da Vinci Code Readalong #DaVinciCodeReadalong — 239 members — last activity Dec 07, 2022 11:54AM
This March, I will be hosting a readalong of Dan Brown's classic The Da Vinci Code. Please do join in if you would like to read this book or learn a b ...more

Marx's Capital Volumes I, II, III (Study Group - 2020 and beyond) — 366 members — last activity Jan 06, 2026 05:51AM
We see symptoms of crises all around us, from the immediate "public health" pandemic of COVID19 to repeated "financial" crises to escalating "environm ...more

What next, now notifications are reduced, DMs abolished, so GR is dying? — 308 members — last activity 6 hours, 48 min ago
On 20 Sept 2024, GR removed the option for email notifications, without telling users (unless they looked at the "help" page). In-app/web notification ...more

Kindle Book Club Forum — 1267 members — last activity Apr 21, 2026 08:03PM
Welcome to the Kindle Book Club Forum. You don’t need a Kindle to join us, nor do you need a degree in literary criticism! All you need is love for bo ...more

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