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“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
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“That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.”
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“Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?”
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“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”
― Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings
― Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings
Books on the Nightstand
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A group to discuss books and topics mentioned on Books on the Nightstand, a blog and podcast about books and reading.
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The first book we will be reading is "Beautiful Ruins" by Jess Walter. "Hopscotching between 1960s Italy and contemporary Hollywood, “Beautiful Ruins” ...more
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our kind-of bimonthly-ish opportunity to get together with ladies we love and admire to bond, read, chat, share, and learn from each other
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our kind-of bimonthly-ish opportunity to get together with ladies we love and admire to bond, read, chat, share, and learn from each other
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