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"It was a fleeting illusion: the bishop began to make the sign of the cross in the air opposite the crowd on the pier, and he kept on doing it mechanically afterwards, without malice or inspiration, until the boat was lost from view and all that remained was the uproar of the roosters." — Nov 23, 2025 06:40AM
"It was a fleeting illusion: the bishop began to make the sign of the cross in the air opposite the crowd on the pier, and he kept on doing it mechanically afterwards, without malice or inspiration, until the boat was lost from view and all that remained was the uproar of the roosters." — Nov 23, 2025 06:40AM
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"These worst mornings with cold floors and hot windows and merciless light — the soul's certainty that the day will have to be not traversed but
sort of climbed, vertically, and then that going to sleep again at the end of it will be like falling, again, off something tall and sheer." — Nov 22, 2025 10:57AM
"These worst mornings with cold floors and hot windows and merciless light — the soul's certainty that the day will have to be not traversed but
sort of climbed, vertically, and then that going to sleep again at the end of it will be like falling, again, off something tall and sheer." — Nov 22, 2025 10:57AM
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"For the better making it out it might perhaps be requisite to invoke the aid of the muses, to whom the poets devoutly apply themselves upon far more slender occasions. Come then and assist, ye Heliconian lasses, while I attempt to prove that there is no method for an arrival at wisdom, and consequently no track to the goal of happiness, without the instructions and directions of Folly." — Oct 28, 2025 07:47AM
"For the better making it out it might perhaps be requisite to invoke the aid of the muses, to whom the poets devoutly apply themselves upon far more slender occasions. Come then and assist, ye Heliconian lasses, while I attempt to prove that there is no method for an arrival at wisdom, and consequently no track to the goal of happiness, without the instructions and directions of Folly." — Oct 28, 2025 07:47AM
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
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“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
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“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
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“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
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The Short Story Club
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The purpose of this group is to read and discuss one short story a week. For the the first couple of years, we read from specific anthologies, but fro ...more
James Joyce Symposium
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A place for enthusiasts to exchange ideas on any of Joyce's works. ...more
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