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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

by Adam Hochschild

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"onto part two. quite sick and twisted but exceptional" — May 27, 2026 04:33PM

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New Laws of Robotics: Defending Human Expertise in the Age of AI

by Frank Pasquale

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The Taliban. War, Religion and the New Order in Afghanistan

by Peter Marsden

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“Let everything happen to you
Beauty and terror
Just keep going
No feeling is final”
― Rainer Maria Rilke

tags: enjoy-life, fearlessness, live-in-the-moment

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“The presence of cats exercises such a magic influence upon highly organized men of intellect. This is why these long-tailed Graces of the animal kingdom...have been the favorite animal of a Mahommed, Cardinal Richelieu, Crebillon, Rousseau, Wieland.”
― Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Venus in Furs

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“To be with her is a sin, to be without her is a tragedy.”
― Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

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“Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant.”
― Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking

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“Live to the point of tears.”
― Albert Camus

tags: life, living

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just a group of people, reading books, ranting about them and getting their heart broken by fictional characters... this goup is for people around 15- ...more