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“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
― Conversations with William Styron
― Conversations with William Styron
“[O]ne of the mixed blessings of being twenty and twenty-one and even twenty-three is the conviction that nothing like this, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding, has ever happened before.”
― Slouching Towards Bethlehem
― Slouching Towards Bethlehem
“That sense of loss is exactly what we must anticipate, prepare for, and cherish to the last of our days; for it is only our heartbreak that finally refutes all that is ephemeral in love.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“The beauty of the world...has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.”
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“But sooner or later you have to do something. If you think you're going to find one thing that will be perfect for you, you're going to spend your eightieth birthday reading the want ads.”
― Commonwealth
― Commonwealth
Fiction in the Fan
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A neighborhood book group in Richmond, VA. We read mostly fiction.
Avid Bookshop
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Avid Bookshop is a community-focused independent bookstore in Athens, Georgia. We sell new & used books at 493 Prince Ave. and online at http://www.av ...more
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