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“That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.”
― Charles Bukowski, Women

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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“Do you hate people?”

“I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.”
― Charles Bukowski, Barfly

tags: humour, misanthropy, paraphrased

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“You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.”
― Saul Bellow

tags: imagination, inspiration, writing

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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

The Zombie Group! — 537 members — last activity Nov 22, 2025 09:12AM
Join us the week of October 24 for a chat about all things Zombie! Hang onto your brains for a discussion of the undead. We'll be joined by authors Da ...more

Should have read classics — 1112 members — last activity Apr 17, 2020 07:38PM
This is a group that is reading some of the classics that maybe we should have read but we got so turned off by "classics" we had to read in high scho ...more

1000 BOOKS!! — 456 members — last activity Oct 16, 2013 05:06PM
In 2013 we're going to try again with the collected aim of reading 1000 books. ...more

Australia — 63 members — last activity Nov 01, 2014 10:56PM
A group for Australian readers and writers, as well as those with an interest in Australian writing and writing about Australia.

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