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“Because the role of the daughter is to go off, to make her own home, to take her husband’s name—daughters are never really ours,”
“I am aware of myself. And, of course, the only things that are aware of themselves and conscious of their individuality are irritated eyes, cut fingers, sore teeth. A healthy eye, finger, tooth might as well not even be there. Isn't it clear that individual consciousness is just sickness?”
― We
― We
“A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don't know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn't even be worth reading.”
― We
― We
“It’s bad enough . . . when a country gets colonized, but when the people do as well! That’s the end, really, that’s the end.”
― Nervous Conditions
― Nervous Conditions
“is it not a duty to the survivors that we should refrain from augmenting their unhappiness by an appearance of immoderate grief? It is also a duty owed to yourself; for excessive sorrow prevents improvement or enjoyment, or even the discharge of daily usefulness, without which no man is fit for society.”
― Frankenstein
― Frankenstein
“But there were too many points at which the other self could invade the self he wanted to preserve, and there were too many forms of invasion: certain words, sounds, lights, actions his hands or feet performed, and if he did nothing at all, heard and saw nothing, the shouting of some triumphant inner voice that shocked him and cowed him.”
― Strangers on a Train
― Strangers on a Train
The Read Around The World Book Club
— 454 members
— last activity Oct 10, 2021 05:22PM
I have created this book club to read books from all over the world, but only from female authors. We will pick a book from a country a month a head ...more
Literary Exploration
— 1573 members
— last activity Oct 20, 2025 11:56AM
Want to explore different genres? Each month we pick a different Literary book, to read and discuss. Books are picked by members via a poll.
The Readers
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— last activity Oct 30, 2024 05:36AM
The Readers is a podcast by Simon Savidge of Savidge Reads and Thomas Otto of Hogglestock, they like to talk about books... alot!
Around the World in 80 Books
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— last activity 4 hours, 44 min ago
Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more
Existential Book Club
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— last activity Dec 21, 2025 02:39PM
This a book club for anybody interested in reading existentialist literature and fiction. Every month I'll be putting up a new text either by an exist ...more
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