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Parasol Against the Axe

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That afternoon, though, the air in the apartment was stale and I felt as if I were entering a space long uninhabited, for a brief moment it was as if I had come into an apartment that looked exactly like my home in every last particular, ...more

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Karla’s Quotes

“I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own.”
― Chaim Potok, The Chosen

tags: silence

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“My friend Heidi’s son once told her he wasn’t going to finish reading a book he’d begun. What’s wrong with the book? she asked. Too fictiony, he said. What do you mean, too fictiony? she asked. Too realistic, he said.”
― Catherine Lacey, The Möbius Book

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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy

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Czech readers — 2277 members — last activity 5 hours, 8 min ago
Skupina lidiček, kteří hovoří česky a chtějí si tu také o knížkách trošku popovídat:)

Amazon Kindle — 11591 members — last activity Dec 23, 2025 07:34AM
For readers using the Amazon Kindle ebook device.

Haruki Murakami Book Group — 5839 members — last activity Dec 10, 2025 11:20AM
Discuss all things Haruki Murakami: novels, short stories, non-fiction, books about HM, translation projects, related music/film, interviews, symbolis ...more

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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

Čtenářský klub Cz/Sk — 733 members — last activity Nov 19, 2025 03:56AM
Skupina pro česky a slovensky mluvící lidi, kde si můžeme každý měsíc povídat o knihách všeho druhu a jednou za čas taky rozebrat knížku, kterou jsme ...more

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