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Zak’s Quotes

“Some people, if they didn't make it hard for themselves, might fall asleep.”
― Saul Bellow, The Adventures of Augie March

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“One might almost say that an apparition is human vision corrected by divine love. I do not see you as you really are, Joseph; I see you through my affection for you. The Miracles of the Church seem to me not to rest so much upon faces or voices or healing power coming suddenly near to us from afar off, but upon our perceptions being made finer, so that for a moment our eyes can see and our ears can hear what is there about us always.”
― Willa Cather, Death Comes for the Archbishop

tags: inspiration, miracles, religion

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“There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do.”
― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

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“We did everything adults would do. What went wrong?”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

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“The stigmatized individual is asked to act so as to imply neither that his burden is heavy nor that bearing it has made him different from us; at the same time he must keep himself at that remove from us which assures our painlessly being able to confirm this belief about him. Put differently, he is advised to reciprocate naturally with an acceptance of himself and us, an acceptance of him that we have not quite extended to him in the first place. A PHANTOM ACCEPTANCE is thus allowed to provide the base for a PHANTOM NORMALCY.”
― Erving Goffman, Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity

tags: discrimination, mental-health-stigma, stigma, stigmatization

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Steinbeck fans — 292 members — last activity Jul 30, 2022 02:19AM
Anyone who appreciates good, solid Steinbeck writing is encouraged to join. I would love to meet more people who love his writing and want to talk abo ...more

Malcolm X Library Readers — 15 members — last activity Aug 07, 2012 02:18PM
Staff and patrons of the Malcolm X Library can discuss and review books, and find out about literature-related events in San Diego, CA.

Fans of Southern Literature — 551 members — last activity Aug 30, 2025 04:35AM
This is a group that discusses Southern authors and literature. We as a group have people who come together and talk about the great southern books we ...more

CORMAC MCCARTHY THE MASTER OF WORDS — 207 members — last activity Jun 19, 2023 04:35AM
A group dedicated to the enjoyment of great writing, not to analysis, not to eloquence, but to the joy of reading words well put on paper

Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century — 46 members — last activity May 04, 2015 09:56PM
Working at reading through the Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century (Board's List). Decided to create a group in case anyone would like ...more

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