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Robbie Claravall

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Robbie’s Quotes

“The main business of humanity is to do a good job of being human beings," said Paul, "not to serve as appendages to machines, institutions, and systems.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano

57 likes

“There was something unbearable in the things, in the people, in the buildings, in the streets that, only if you reinvented it all, as in a game, became acceptable. The essential, however, was to know how to play, and she and I, only she and I, knew how to do it.”
― Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend

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“I penetrated the outer cell membrane with a nanosyringe."
"You poked it with a stick?"
"No!" I said. "Well. Yes. But it was a scientific poke with a very scientific stick.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

tags: humor, science, semantics

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“What is behind me still remains ahead of me.”
― László Krasznahorkai, Satantango

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“Children don’t know the meaning of yesterday, of the day before yesterday, or even of tomorrow, everything is this, now: the street is this, the doorway is this, the stairs are this, this is Mamma, this is Papa, this is the day, this the night.”
― Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend

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Robbie’s Groups

The Filipino Group — 8687 members — last activity Apr 21, 2026 05:12PM
Goodreads - The Filipino Group (GR-TFG) We are Filipinos who love to read anything we get our hands on and who love to meet and discuss these things ...more

Lord of The Rings Buddy Read — 14 members — last activity Aug 20, 2014 12:04AM
This summer we're reading the Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien and we want you to get involved. We'll be reading The Fellowship of the R ...more

Crazy for Young Adult Books — 12878 members — last activity Dec 25, 2025 10:38AM
Buddy Reads: Requests - In Progress - Upcoming A-Z: 2024 Grp Page Count Challenge: 2024 Jan - March Qrtly Challenge: 2023 Series Challenge: 2024 Ge ...more

Us, fans of that amazingness author, Cassandra Clare, formed a group, filled to the top with discussions!! — 14 members — last activity Mar 03, 2014 04:16AM
This is a group that talks about all of Cassandra Clare's books. Such as The Mortal Instruments, and the Infernal Devices. We will have group games an ...more

Animal lovers :D — 55 members — last activity Oct 17, 2015 05:39PM
If you love animals like cats, dogs, zebras, kangaroos,koalas, elephants or any other marine or land animal. This is the group for you!!!!

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