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Samuel Beckett
“VLADIMIR: What do they say?
ESTRAGON: They talk about their lives.
VLADIMIR: To have lived is not enough for them.
ESTRAGON: They have to talk about it.”
Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore.”
Kurt Vonnegut

Hope Jahren
“I’m good at science because I’m not good at listening. I have been told that I am intelligent, and I have been told that I am simple-minded. I have been told that I am trying to do too much, and I have been told that what I have done amounts to very little. I have been told that I can’t do what I want to do because I am a woman, and I have been told that I have only been allowed to do what I have done because I am a woman. I have been told that I can have eternal life, and I have been told that I will burn myself out into an early death. I have been admonished for being too feminine and I have been distrusted for being too masculine. I have been warned that I am far too sensitive and I have been accused of being heartlessly callous. But I was told all of these things by people who can’t understand the present or see the future any better than I can. Such recurrent pronouncements have forced me to accept that because I am a female scientist, nobody knows what the hell I am, and it has given me the delicious freedom to make it up as I go along. I don’t take advice from my colleagues, and I try not to give it. When I am pressed, I resort to these two sentences: You shouldn’t take this job too seriously. Except for when you should.”
Hope Jahren, Lab Girl

Yuval Noah Harari
“At present, people are happy to give away their most valuable asset—their personal data—in exchange for free email services and funny cat videos. It’s a bit like African and Native American tribes who unwittingly sold entire countries to European imperialists in exchange for colorful beads and cheap trinkets.”
Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Tara Westover
“You can love someone and still choose to say goodbye to them,” she says now. “You can miss a person every day, and still be glad that they are no longer in your life.”
Tara Westover, Educated

1139 Science and Inquiry — 4505 members — last activity 30 minutes ago
This Group explores scientific topics. We have an active monthly book club, as well as discussions on a variety of topics including science in the new ...more
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194843 Books of Literature by Nobel Prize Winning Authors: 2020 Challenge — 50 members — last activity Nov 15, 2020 05:22PM
Did you miss out on reading some of the best books of the last century? How about books by Nobel prize-winners? Do you enjoy a challenge in your readi ...more
206649 Science Book Club — 342 members — last activity Apr 14, 2026 10:04PM
Objective: We read science-related books; the goal is to read one book a month.
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