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“A day will come when men will discover an alphabet in the eyes of chalcedonies, in the markings of the moth, and will learn in astonishment that every spotted snail has always been a poem.”
― Alejo Carpentier, The Lost Steps

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“Lives do not have plots, only biographies do.”
― Guy Davenport, The Hunter Gracchus: And Other Papers on Literature and Art

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“You painted a naked woman because you enjoyed looking at her, put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting “Vanity,” thus morally condemning the woman whose nakedness you had depicted for you own pleasure.”
― John Berger, Ways of Seeing

tags: chauvinism, misogyny, projection, sexism

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“I'm becoming
the street.
Who are you in love with?
me?
Straight against the light I cross.”
― Frank O'Hara

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“I think that love must be the ability to suspend one's intelligence for the sake of something. At the basis of love therefore must live imagination.”
― James Alan McPherson, Elbow Room

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Nobody Reads In L.A. — 151 members — last activity Jul 06, 2016 05:52PM
L.A.'s original alternative book club. Designed to be the "Book Club for the Nightclub set." We are dedicated to putting books into hands accustomed t ...more

Life Without Ed® (with Jenni!) — 295 members — last activity Dec 06, 2021 12:52PM
Have you reached a plateau in recovery? Or, are you just beginning the journey? Maybe you need a recovery boost. This group is for you! We're a commun ...more