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“The one good thing about national anthems is that we’re already on our feet, and therefore ready to run. The truth is one nation, under drugs, under drones.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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“We are all migrants through time.”
― Mohsin Hamid, Exit West

tags: time

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“Childhood is the writer’s bank balance.”
― Graham Greene

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“The idea of the North was taking him. He needed something to brace against.”
― Annie Proulx, The Shipping News

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“In a world myriad as ours, the gaze is a singular act: to look at something is to fill your whole life with it, if only briefly.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

tags: living-in-the-present, looking

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Oprah's Book Club (Official) — 85706 members — last activity 20 hours, 30 min ago
Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more

Tough Guy Book Club — 161 members — last activity Feb 04, 2026 07:19PM
Tough Guy Book Club was founded in 2012, and is a network of men’s book clubs in local pubs. We’re about reading books, hitting the pub with the goon ...more

Face Value — 21 members — last activity Jan 08, 2022 04:04PM
Honestly, how much information can someone retain about a book through a shallow investigation of its cover? The Non-Reading-Book-Club for Book Reade ...more