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“To look life in the face, always, to look life in the face, and to know it for what it is...at last, to love it for what it is, and then, to put it away...”
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“Few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconceptions when we read, that would be an admirable beginning.”
― The Second Common Reader
― The Second Common Reader
“Really I don't like human nature unless all candied over with art”
― The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Four: 1931-1935
― The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Four: 1931-1935
“Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
“Arrange whatever pieces come your way.”
― A Writer's Diary
― A Writer's Diary
Persephone Books
— 1440 members
— last activity Jul 14, 2026 02:56AM
Persephone Books specializes in rediscovering 20th century novels, neglected women writers, twentieth century women writers and out of print books. Th ...more
The One Who Reads Several Books
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— last activity Jul 06, 2026 05:20PM
If you read several books at once, this club is for you. Do people keep asking you why you read so many books at once? Or do they scoff and say that ...more
Lizzie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Lizzie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Art, Business, Children's, Classics, Comics, Cookbooks, Fantasy, Graphic novels, History, Manga, Music, Philosophy, Science fiction, and Travel
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