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“Metaphor is one of a group of problem-solving medicines known as figures of speech which are normally used to treat literal thinking and other diseases.”
― Grant Morrison, The Filth

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“He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.”
― H. H. Munro a

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“To absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists; and may each and every one of us always give the devil his due.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists

tags: toasts

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“Conventionality is not morality.”
― Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre

tags: morality

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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor

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Folk Horror Revival — 682 members — last activity Feb 24, 2026 04:04PM
A gathering place to share and discuss Folk Horror in fiction and non-fiction and also the related fields of psychogeography, hauntology, folklore, cu ...more

Extreme Horror — 1018 members — last activity May 07, 2026 02:12PM
This is a group/book club for anyone who is a fan of extreme horror novels, such as ones by Edward Lee. It is also a place to discuss any of your favo ...more