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“People who say change is impossible are usually pretty happy with things just as they are.”
“I needed words because unhappy families are conspiracies of silence. The one who breaks the silence is never forgiven. He or she has to learn to forgive him or herself.”
― Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
― Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
“Johannes Cabal disliked many things, despised fewer, loathed fewer still, and reserved true hatred for only a handful. Understanding how intense his personal definition of 'dislike' was, however, gives some impression of how hot his hatreds ran. This is a man who had, after all, shot men dead for making him faintly peeved.”
― Johannes Cabal the Detective
― Johannes Cabal the Detective
“God bless the book people for their boundless knowledge absorbed from having words instead of friends.”
― The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
― The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
“The librarian was explaining the benefits of the Dewey decimal system to her junior--benefits that extended to every area of life. It was orderly, like the universe. It had logic. It was dependable. Using it allowed a kind of moral uplift, as one's own chaos was also brought under control.
'Whenever I am troubled,' said the librarian, 'I think about the Dewey decimal system.'
'Then what happens?' asked the junior, rather overawed.
'Then I understand that trouble is just something that has been filed in the wrong place. That is what Jung was explaining of course--as the chaos of our unconscious contents strive to find their rightful place in the index of consciousness.”
― Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
'Whenever I am troubled,' said the librarian, 'I think about the Dewey decimal system.'
'Then what happens?' asked the junior, rather overawed.
'Then I understand that trouble is just something that has been filed in the wrong place. That is what Jung was explaining of course--as the chaos of our unconscious contents strive to find their rightful place in the index of consciousness.”
― Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
“Evil has an ordinary face. It laughs, it cries, it deflects, it rationalizes, it makes great pasta.”
― A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
― A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
Vaginal Fantasy Book Club
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Forum for the Vaginal Fantasy Book Club hosted by Felicia Day, Veronica Belmont, Kiala Kazebee and Bonnie Burton. From January 2012 to April 2018, the ...more
Culinary Book Club
— 46 members
— last activity Apr 10, 2026 07:32AM
A culinary book club based in Chicago. ' NOTE: We accept requests to join only if you live within the Chicagoland area as we meet live. We meet mon ...more
Pages Podcast
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— last activity Feb 27, 2015 06:47PM
This is the official group for the Pages Podcast, where Bleu Caldwell and Kate Citrin discuss their book pick of the month. Expect diversions, gigglin ...more
Universal Geek Book Club
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— last activity Jun 05, 2016 01:35PM
Join us in reading and discussing books about, for, or by Geeks! (Yes, we know that covers pretty much every book, but we like the elbow room!)
Goodreads Librarians Group
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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
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