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“My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.”
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“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.”
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“And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth.”
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“Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous - to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd.”
― Death in Venice and Other Tales
― Death in Venice and Other Tales
“Happiness wishes everybody happy.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
Victorians!
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Some of the best books in the world were written and published in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901. What's not to love? Dickens, the Brontes, Co ...more
Heathens, Pagans and Witches
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A group for any and all pagans, witches and heathens to discuss books related to spirituality. Any type of pagan is welcome here - Wiccan, eclectic, d ...more
HPA Book Club
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Book club/discussion group to encourage each other in our own "read *insert number* books a year" challenges. Review books. Recommend books to each ...more
Proud Readers of Great Stories
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For anyone who enjoys reading great stories in any genre, you've come to the right place. We're bringing back the good books in a big way. Join us! ...more
The Gunroom
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A place where fans of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester can gather to drink grog and discuss nautical matters pertaining to the Age of Sail, such as ...more
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