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“You have some queer friends, Dorothy,' she said.
The queerness doesn't matter, so long as they're friends,' was the answer”
― The Road to Oz
The queerness doesn't matter, so long as they're friends,' was the answer”
― The Road to Oz
“There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness and death.”
― Metropolitan Life
― Metropolitan Life
“A book is a suicide postponed.”
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“I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“My queerness is not a vice, is not deliberate, and harms no one.”
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Persephone Books
— 1430 members
— last activity Apr 21, 2026 11:22PM
Persephone Books specializes in rediscovering 20th century novels, neglected women writers, twentieth century women writers and out of print books. Th ...more
Exploring Anthony Trollope
— 78 members
— last activity Jan 18, 2023 07:47AM
A place to learn about the author Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) and to share reading experiences of the author's works. I am astonished at Trollope's ...more
Raising the Middlebrow Book Club (1910-60)
— 37 members
— last activity Oct 03, 2024 10:37AM
A bookclub that is member driven in its reading of the “middlebrow” genre and other undervalued women writers published in 1910-1960.
Holocaust and genocide
— 659 members
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All books about the Holocaust and other genocides. Scholar books, memoires etc.
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