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A Season for Second Chances

by Jenny Bayliss

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“Whenever I’m asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to recognize one.”
― Flannery O'Connor

tags: southern-writers

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“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

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“The unendurable is the beginning of the curve of joy.”
― Djuna Barnes, Nightwood

tags: pain

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“Baby carrots are making me gay.”
― Stephen Colbert, I Am America

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“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald

tags: belonging, company, desires, literature, longings

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Portland Readers — 271 members — last activity Feb 18, 2019 04:18PM
People who like to read books* in Portland, OR and surrounding areas. * = books that are vegan, yes?

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If you started as a fan of William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor and then found your way to Harry Crews, Barry Hannah, Larry Brown, Melinda Haynes, D ...more

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This group now has a Discord! https://discord.gg/QC8vCNfzKa I would encourage everyone to join as it will become a primary hub for book-of-the-month d ...more