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"Very disorienting, but I think that's the point: that authoritarian bureaucracy is disorienting, flawed by human error, and impossible to navigate. It's a little too rambling and detailed, but I'm still engaged." — Aug 30, 2024 08:27PM
"Very disorienting, but I think that's the point: that authoritarian bureaucracy is disorienting, flawed by human error, and impossible to navigate. It's a little too rambling and detailed, but I'm still engaged." — Aug 30, 2024 08:27PM
“If you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects. If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered, anyway.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“It is only a novel... or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“I will have nothing to do with a God who cares only occasionally. I need a God who is with us always, everywhere, in the deepest depths as well as the highest heights. It is when things go wrong, when good things do not happen, when our prayers seem to have been lost, that God is most present. We do not need the sheltering wings when things go smoothly. We are closest to God in the darkness, stumbling along blindly.”
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“I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is plain that I do not accept the tone of scorn or pity with which 'Escape' is now so often used. Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?”
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Once Upon a River Readalong #OnceUponaReadalong
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This February (2021) I'll be hosting a readalong of Diane Setterfield's Once Upon a River, an amazing novel by my favourite modern author, Diane Sette ...more
Fantasy Buddy Reads
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For readers of fantasy who are looking to find a partner or small group to read and discuss with! We run several fun ongoing challenges and discussion ...more
VICTOBER 2025
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— last activity Nov 04, 2025 02:35AM
Greetings all! Victober is a month-long readathon hosted each October all about reading Victorian literature. The Goodreads group remains in place, ...more
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