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Baris Benan

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Baris’s Quotes

“Even in Siberia there is happiness.”
― Anton Chekhov

tags: chekhov, happiness, siberia

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“Late Fragment

And did you get what
you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth.”
― Raymond Carver, A New Path to the Waterfall

tags: love, poetry

789 likes

“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.”
― Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men

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“Ralph also took some classes in philosophy and literature and felt himself on the brink of some kind of huge discovery about himself. But it never came.”
― Raymond Carver, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?

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“Sometimes, immersed in his books, there would come to him the awareness of all that he did not know, of all that he had not read; and the serenity for which he labored was shattered as he realized the little time he had in life to read so much, to learn what he had to know.”
― John Williams, Stoner

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Baris’s Groups

Shakespeare Fans — 2318 members — last activity Mar 28, 2026 10:01AM
Anyone who likes Shakespeare and wants to discuss anything about his plays can join!

Golden Age of Hollywood Book Club — 429 members — last activity Apr 22, 2026 07:46PM
This reading group is for lovers of classic Hollywood. We discuss the films, crews, actors, designers, and books that cover the Golden Age of Tinsel ...more

THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB — 6694 members — last activity 11 hours, 35 min ago
ALL GENRE COMMUNITY OF BOOK LOVERS-Perfect for those interested in good books of any genre, film and lively discussion!- from current fiction, thrille ...more

Goodreads Türkiye Kütüphanecileri — 6533 members — last activity 8 hours, 55 min ago
Bu grup kütüphaneci olmayan arkadaşlarımıza yardımcı olmakla beraber bir çok türkçe eseri Goodreads'e kazandırmak için açılmıştır. Tüm Türk kullanıcıl ...more