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“There's an old joke - um... two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort, and one of 'em says, "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible." The other one says, "Yeah, I know; and such small portions." Well, that's essentially how I feel about life - full of loneliness, and misery, and suffering, and unhappiness, and it's all over much too quickly.”
― Annie Hall: Screenplay
― Annie Hall: Screenplay
Agatha Christie Lovers
— 4035 members
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We are reading her books from the first one published to the last one published each month. However, do not let that stop you from reading them out of ...more
White Nights
— 400 members
— last activity Nov 12, 2019 05:45PM
For anyone remotely interested and versed in Russian literature, history and culture. Love Pushkin, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Akhmatova, Nabokov? ...more
Together Women Rise Book Club
— 631 members
— last activity Sep 10, 2025 07:42AM
Together Women Rise is a powerful community of women and allies dedicated to achieving global gender equality. This book club is open to ANYONE who c ...more
Barbara Pym Fan Club
— 167 members
— last activity Sep 01, 2023 07:58AM
A fan club honoring the hilarious but understated British author, Barbara Pym, who has been called a 20th century Jane Austen.
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