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“When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book.”
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“Just as there are laws of Conservation of Matter and Energy, so there are in fact Laws of Conservation of Pain and Joy. Neither can ever be created or destroyed. But one can be converted into the other.”
― Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
― Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
“It is to this new-found resolution to reassert our indivisibility with life, to recognize the obligations incumbent upon us as the most powerful and deadly species ever to exist, and to begin making amends for the havoc we have wrought, that my own hopes for a revival and continuance of life on earth now turn. If we persevere in this new way we may succeed in making man humane ... at last.”
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Jitsuroku- true accounts of the Yakuza and others
— 14 members
— last activity Feb 14, 2008 11:31AM
This group is for people who love reading about the criminal and delinquent undercurrent in Japanese society. (Non fiction and memoirs)
¡ POETRY !
— 22550 members
— last activity Mar 04, 2026 01:17PM
No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read ...more
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