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“Ugh! How many stories about love, copulation, marriage and death already exist, not one of which tells the truth! How sick I am of well-constructed plots and brilliant writing!”
― Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl

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“I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

tags: hell, individualism, irony, selfishness, tea

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“After much searching I have found the thing that sets me apart: a sort of stubborn attachment to evil.”
― André Gide, The Immoralist

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“To live means: to cry and shout, to love, to do silly things, to feel sadness and joy, to even experience horrible, frightening things... and to laugh.”
― Genki Kawamura, If Cats Disappeared from the World

tags: life-meaning, life-quotes, live-life

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“I thought to myself: if it’s true that every person has a star in the sky, mine must be distant, dim, and absurd. Perhaps I never had a star.”
― Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl

tags: astronomy, depression, star

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Top 5 Wednesday — 9750 members — last activity Aug 06, 2026 08:07PM
Welcome to the official group page of the T5W! This weekly book meme officiated in November 2013 and is still going strong! Join the group to become a ...more

Oprah's Book Club (Official) — 87832 members — last activity 52 minutes ago
Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more

The Perks Of Being A Book Addict — 37813 members — last activity 25 minutes ago
This group is for anyone who loves books from different genres. Every month we have group Books of the Month which you can join, reading challenges, a ...more

Teen Book Club — 3835 members — last activity Aug 14, 2026 05:01AM
A place to discuss anything and everything. Meet new people with interests similar to yours. Get some homework help! Have fun with Book of the Months, ...more

EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club — 29113 members — last activity 2 hours, 52 min ago
Click HERE for the latest group announcements. "It reminded me of ____ but in space." "I read ____ in high school, and actually liked it." "It's ...more

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