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Summer's Never Over

by Darby Bozeman (Goodreads Author)

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“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
― George Orwell, 1984

tags: april, dystopia, first-sentence, opening-lines

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

tags: pain

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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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“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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“I like to eat crawfish and drink beer. That's despair?”
― Walker Percy

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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?

The Rough South — 563 members — last activity Jun 30, 2023 03:12AM
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

Bookworm Bitches — 12426 members — last activity 5 hours, 18 min ago
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