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If only we humans could believe in and trust one another. This is what the Balzac's The Colonel Chabert is about. His wife the Countess destroys both herself (morally) and her first husband the colonel because she is unwilling to take his word that h
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“Mr. Duffy lived a short distance from his body.”
― Dubliners
― Dubliners
“Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.”
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“The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.”
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“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.”
― A Man Without a Country
― A Man Without a Country
“Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.”
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The Year of Reading Proust
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2013 was the year for reading—or re-reading—Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu or In Search of Lost Time for many of us. However, these th ...more
Charles’s 2024 Year in Books
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