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Nic’s Quotes

“I hadn't the heart to touch my breakfast. I told Jeeves to drink it himself.”
― P.G. Wodehouse

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“Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.”
― Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses

tags: living

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“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
― Henry James

tags: kindness

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“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: books, morality, reading

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“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: books, reading

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Cult Books — 54 members — last activity Feb 06, 2012 08:59AM
Books inspire all sorts of reactions, from disgust to slavish devotion. I am interested in books which have had the effect of turning readers into "co ...more

Alexander Theroux Ville — 119 members — last activity Nov 24, 2025 01:49AM
The Theroux revival continues. This group counts as a village forum for discussing the works of Alexander Theroux. Both scholars and the naive and cur ...more

William T Vollmann Central — 273 members — last activity Dec 14, 2025 04:28AM
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

Reading RURD -- Muslim & American — 14 members — last activity Oct 10, 2018 01:36PM
A micro reading=group ; a daughter group of Vollmann Central. We will be reading several essays from volume VI of RURD, from "The Muslim World" and "N ...more

Post-Centre Book Club (sponsored by Pepsi) — 6 members — last activity Jun 15, 2018 11:14AM
This is a book club for a good group of guys and gals who became pals at Centre College to read and discuss new books.

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