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“He knows that a lot of the literary people in college see books primarily as a way of appearing cultured, It was culture as class performance, literature fetishised for its ability to take educated people on false emotional journeys, so that they might afterwards feel superior to the uneducated people whose emotional journeys they liked to read about. Even the writer himself was a good person, and even if his book really was insightful, all books were ultimately marketed as status symbols, and all writers participated to some degree in this marketing.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“He always reflexively imagined ways to cause himself extreme injury when he was distressed. It seemed to soothe him briefly, the act of imagining a much worse and more totalising pain than the one he really felt, maybe just the cognitive energy it required, the momentary break in his train of thought, but afterwards he would only feel worse.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.”
― The Myth of Sisyphus
― The Myth of Sisyphus
“Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again. Most of us adults are so afraid, so cautious, so 'safe,' and therefore so shrinking and rigid and afraid that it is why so many humans fail. Most middle-aged adults have resigned themselves to failure.”
― The Autobiography of Malcolm X
― The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“You learn to tell stories by telling stories.”
― Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
― Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
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This is for fans of what has been coined Grimdark Fantasy. This includes books by authors such as Joe Abercrombie, Mark Lawrence, George RR Martin, Sc ...more
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Group all about steampunk, fantasy, and adventure! The best place to share and talk about the best steampunk books out there.
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A group for fans of all things cyberpunk. Have fun. Make something happen. Authors, please use the 'Marketing, Beta Readers, Reviews' folder to post ...more
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