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The Ignorant Schoolmaster: Five Lessons in Intellectual Emancipation

by Jacques Rancière

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Nov 24, 2020 11:59AM

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The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences

by Michel Foucault

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Nov 23, 2020 11:07AM

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Vanity Fair

by William Makepeace Thackeray

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Amanda’s Quotes

“To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is a bad dream.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

tags: sylvia-plath, ted-hughes, the-bell-jar

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“Estragon: Nothing to be done.”
― Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot

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“We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Till human voices wake us... and we drown.”
― T. S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems

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“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

tags: charlie, favourite-books, inspirational, sad, soul-searching, wallflower

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“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

tags: breath, existence

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Modern Good Reads — 6810 members — last activity May 17, 2026 01:29AM
Modern Good Reads connects readers with books, authors, & challenges. We want to chat, inform, & provide events & discussions, a home for readers and ...more

Happily Ever After Cafe — 3396 members — last activity May 19, 2026 02:12PM
- Click to go to challenge. We’re on . Where we put our “Over in a Flash” images.

Classics and the Western Canon — 4959 members — last activity 17 hours, 15 min ago
This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more

Classics Without All the Class — 4403 members — last activity Apr 27, 2026 06:24AM
You don’t have to be an English or Literature Major to enjoy great books! We want people to read for the fun of it and not worry about feeling they ne ...more

Reading the Classics — 4042 members — last activity May 10, 2025 07:28AM
This is a group for people who want to read the classics and discuss them as a group. Each month we will choose as a group a book to read. Everyone is ...more

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