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Nick (11th Volume)

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Nick (11th Volume)’s favorite books

Flaubert and Madame Bovary by Francis Steegmuller

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

All the Days and Nights by William Maxwell

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Nick (11th Volume)’s Quotes

“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
― Albert Camus

tags: attributed-no-source, happiness, meaning-of-life

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“Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care,
The death of each day's life, sore labor's bath,
Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course,
Chief nourisher in life's feast.”
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth

tags: poetry, sleep

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Backlisted Literary Podcast fan group — 20 members — last activity May 04, 2020 07:28AM
The Backlisted Literary Podcast, sponsored by Unbound, gives new life to old books. These books are mentioned on Backlisted, either as the feature boo ...more

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TODAY BOOKS ARE NOT BURNED. THEY ARE BURIED. WE SHALL UNEARTH THEM.

William T Vollmann Central — 273 members — last activity Jul 24, 2025 05:08AM
This corner of goodreads shall serve the needs of rainbow readers of Mr Vollmann's indulgent body of work. We welcome the veteran and the fresh flesh ...more

Women and Men — 225 members — last activity Jan 05, 2025 06:47AM
Women and Men began as a reading group for Joseph McElroy's masterpiece. It has developed into All Things McElroy. We have chapter threads for discuss ...more