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“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
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“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
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Addicted to YA
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“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put bac ...more
Around the World in 80 Books
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Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more
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The world is made up of two kinds of people: first, those who love classics, and second, those who have not yet read a classic. Be bold and join us as ...more
The Short Story Club
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We read and discuss one short story a week. Authors are welcome, but it's NOT a group to promote one's own work. To join, please answer the question ...more
Fedor Dostoevskij's lovers
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A place to discuss all the works by Fëdor Dostoevskij
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