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“Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. My language trembles with desire.”
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“The longer I live, the more uninformed I feel. Only the young have an explanation for everything.”
― City of the Beasts
― City of the Beasts
“One of the most effective ways to learn about oneself is by taking seriously the cultures of others. It forces you to pay attention to those details of life which differentiate them from you.”
― The Silent Language
― The Silent Language
“In India even the most mundane inquiries have a habit of ending this way. There may be two answers, there may be five, a dozen or a hundred; the only thing that is certain is that all will be different.”
― Slowly Down the Ganges
― Slowly Down the Ganges
“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”
― Politics and the English Language
― Politics and the English Language
Around the World
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— last activity Dec 23, 2025 07:35PM
Each year we look at our to-be-read shelves and choose which countries of the world we want to travel through. Some of our members map their journeys ...more
Exceptional Books
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This book club is ONLY for books that are WRITTEN VERY WELL and have a GREAT STORY LINE. We ask that each member shelve at least 2 exceptional books ...more
Fantasy Aficionados
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— last activity Oct 28, 2025 01:23PM
This is a place for lovers of all types of fantasy literature and culture. Here, you can discuss your favorite books, authors, and series. There is pl ...more
Historical Fictionistas
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Welcome to Historical Fictionistas! We want to experience all different kinds of HF with all different kinds of people. The more diverse, the better. ...more
The Young Adult Historical Fiction Society
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— last activity Oct 31, 2021 11:55AM
Historical fiction means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. As far as this group is concerned, we think the ThinkQuest definition ...more
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