“Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They're always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions.”
― Nine Stories
― Nine Stories
“I woke up thinking a very pleasant thought. There is lots left in the world to read.”
― The Anthologist
― The Anthologist
“If this were a book written to entertain small children, you would know what would happen next. With the villain's identity and evil plans exposed, the police would arrive on the scene and place him in a jail for the rest of his life, and the plucky youngsters would go out for pizza and live happily ever after. But this book is about the Baudelaire orphans, and you and I know that these three unfortunate children living happily ever after is about as likely as Uncle Monty returning to life.”
― The Reptile Room
― The Reptile Room
“If you are a student you should always get a good nights sleep unless you have come to the good part of your book, and then you should stay up all night and let your schoolwork fall by the wayside, a phrase which means 'flunk'.”
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“If an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say in a pleasant and hopeful voice, "Well this isn't too bad, I don't have a left arm anymore but at least nobody will ever ask me if I'm left-handed or right-handed," but most of us would say something more along the lines of, "Aaaaaa! My arm! My arm!”
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
The Readers Society
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— last activity Jun 08, 2014 03:56PM
We are a casual book club group who read and discuss different books that our members recommend. Once every two months a different group member (Every ...more
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