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William Styron
“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
― William Styron, Conversations with William Styron

Gustave Flaubert
“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”
― Gustave Flaubert

Elie Wiesel
“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
― Elie Wiesel

Marcus Tullius Cicero
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

Mahatma Gandhi
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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19860 Classics and the Western Canon — 4984 members — last activity 8 hours, 33 min ago
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37292 Q&A with Margaret Atwood — 841 members — last activity May 23, 2023 05:55PM
Join bestselling and award winning author Margaret Atwood for a discussion group in celebration of the paperback release of her novel The Year of the ...more
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