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“Certainly, if money could have been raised upon the book, Robert Herrick would long ago have sacrificed that last possession: but the demand for literature, which is so marked a feature in some parts of the South Seas, extends not so far as the dead tongues; and the Virgil, which he could not exchange against a meal had often consoled him in his hunger. He would study it, as he lay with tightened belt on the floor of the old calaboose, seeking favourite passages and finding new ones only less beautiful because they lacked the consecration of remembrance. The Ebb-Tide”
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“He wanted to tell her how much he preferred to look at her, that only by watching could he memorize her, and take her and possess her. He did not know how to explain that he could not touch better or more fully with his hands than he could with his eyes. Seeing encompassed all at once; a touch was limited to one spot at a time.”
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“He was wooing me. And I was letting him woo. I wanted the woo. I deserved the woo. I needed the wow that would surely follow the woo, but for now, the woo? It was whoa.”
― Wallbanger
― Wallbanger
“It's different," you said. "You've made, Min, everything different for me. Everything's like coffee you made me try, better than I ever - or the places I didn't even know were right on the street, you know? I'm like this thing I saw when I was little, where a kid hears a noise under his bed and there's a ladder there that's never been there before, and he climbs down and, it's for kids I know, but this song starts playing ..." Your eyes were traveling in the treey light.”
― Why We Broke Up
― Why We Broke Up
“Casting my own eye down Fifth Avenue as my belly swelled, I would register with incredulity: Every one of these people came from a woman's cunt.”
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
The Extra Cool Group! (of people Michael is experimenting on)
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— last activity Jan 27, 2026 07:27PM
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Graham Greene
— 184 members
— last activity Jan 04, 2026 02:38AM
A group dedicated to the extraordinary life and work of Graham Greene.
The Rainbow Rowell Fan Group
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— last activity Jun 10, 2021 04:50AM
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Reading for the Rest of Us
— 100 members
— last activity Aug 11, 2016 05:04AM
Reading group built around the grassroots book talk show from Troy University and the Alabama Book Festival. Hosted by Kirk Curnutt and Ashley Gordon, ...more
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