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Just because somebody is gone doesn’t mean they don’t exist anymore—with a little imagination, you’re never alone.
“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.”
― How Reading Changed My Life
― How Reading Changed My Life
“The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them.
To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.
To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.
To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
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The Great American Read
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— last activity Sep 23, 2021 08:16AM
This group is inspired by PBS's "The Great American Read." Join us in reading and discussing books on the GAR list. All are welcome. #TGAR #Bookclub # ...more
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— last activity Oct 12, 2018 01:04PM
Interested in tracing your ancestors, discovering all about their lives and the wider social historical context of family history? If you love reading ...more
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— 1299 members
— last activity Dec 09, 2021 06:51AM
This isn't JUST a book club. You'll find the usual challenges, reads and chats. But what you won't find anywhere else is the relationships that come f ...more
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