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"Oh, what a disappointing map! I hope it proves useful, but how visually uninspired." — Mar 15, 2026 01:25AM
"Oh, what a disappointing map! I hope it proves useful, but how visually uninspired." — Mar 15, 2026 01:25AM
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"“[Frances] read the information sheet the library woman had given her, with its regulations and list of opening times. There was only one indication that life in Saudi had its tiny upsets. ‘PLEASE,’ begged the hand-out, ‘make EVERY effort to return your books if you have to leave the Kingdom hurriedly and unexpectedly.’”" — Oct 29, 2025 09:18AM
"“[Frances] read the information sheet the library woman had given her, with its regulations and list of opening times. There was only one indication that life in Saudi had its tiny upsets. ‘PLEASE,’ begged the hand-out, ‘make EVERY effort to return your books if you have to leave the Kingdom hurriedly and unexpectedly.’”" — Oct 29, 2025 09:18AM
“If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.”
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“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”
― Ernest Hemingway: A Literary Reference
― Ernest Hemingway: A Literary Reference
“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“Only the dead have seen the end of war.”
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“Once upon a time," he said out loud to the darkness. He said these words because they were the best, the most powerful words that he knew and just the saying of them comforted him.”
― The Tale of Despereaux
― The Tale of Despereaux
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Some books become films – films that we watch at Sofa Cinema, every week come rain, shine, or Brexit. This group gives you an opportunity to proclaim ...more
Comic Book Club
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— last activity Oct 09, 2016 03:03PM
A club for the discussion of comics, comic related TV and film and other geekery
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