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“I understand that in our work - doesn't matter whether it's acting or writing - what's important isn't fame or glamour, none of the things I used to dream about, it's the ability to endure.”
― The Seagull
― The Seagull
“The West’s unique and, when you thought about it, surprising ideal—that a society should take care of its sick poor—had originated in those monastic hospices and infirmaries of the Middle Ages. But”
― God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
― God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
“In the Middle Ages, charity was accepted as doing as much for the giver as it did for the receiver,”
― God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
― God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
“They ate and drank moderately, walked a lot, and had real vacations: They had not forgotten Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman. Page”
― God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
― God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
“Even when you win the rat race , you're still a rat .”
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Agatha Christie Lovers
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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
— 642 members
— last activity May 08, 2026 01:27PM
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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