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“It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“Free yourself from one passion to be dominated by another and nobler one. But is not that, too, a form of slavery? To sacrifice oneself to an idea, to a race, to God? Or does it mean that the higher the model the longer the longer the tether of our slavery?”
― Zorba the Greek
― Zorba the Greek
“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you know what I'm getting at? People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues.
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[But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings.”
― Kafka on the Shore
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[But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings.”
― Kafka on the Shore
The Book Explorers|Book Club
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THIS MONTH WE WILL BE READING THE DARKEST PART OF THE FOREST by Holly Black! This is a book club that will read a book a month and have discussion boa ...more
Penguin Loves YA Book Club
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Welcome to the Penguin Teen book club! Every month we choose a title and host a guided discussion along with giveaways, spoiler threads and author Q&A ...more
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