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Nora Barnacle
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“Losers, like autodidacts, always know much more than winners. If you want to win, you need to know just one thing and not to waste your time on anything else: the pleasures of erudition are reserved for losers. The more a person knows, the more things have gone wrong.”
― Numero Zero: An Acclaimed Political Thriller Unraveling Mussolini's Conspiracy, Media Hoaxes, and Italian History
― Numero Zero: An Acclaimed Political Thriller Unraveling Mussolini's Conspiracy, Media Hoaxes, and Italian History
“I have a lot of work to do today;
I need to slaughter memory,
Turn my living soul to stone
Then teach myself to live again.”
― The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
I need to slaughter memory,
Turn my living soul to stone
Then teach myself to live again.”
― The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
“What is the quality you most like in a man?
The ability to return books.”
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The ability to return books.”
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“Čovek koji manje živi, a više misli, postaje sve hladniji i, kao neki kristal, tvrđi. Postaje irealan. Propušta svetlost i ona se u njemu lomi kao u nekoj prizmi.
A poneki pesnik od toga poludi.”
― Kod Hiperborejaca I
A poneki pesnik od toga poludi.”
― Kod Hiperborejaca I
“Postojanje i svet izgledaju opravdani jedino kao estetski fenomen: u kom smislu nas upravo tragički mit treba da ubedi kako su čak i rugoba i nesklad umetnička igra koju volja, u večitom preobilju svoje naslade, igra sa samom sobom.”
― The Birth of Tragedy
― The Birth of Tragedy
Ovid's Metamorphoses and Further Metamorphoses
— 93 members
— last activity Feb 08, 2020 02:44PM
To read the Metamorphoses of Ovid, in any of the many translations (or the original), and at whatever speed it takes, with three goals in mind: 1. To ...more
Around the World in 80 Books
— 31314 members
— last activity 1 hour, 5 min ago
Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more
Serbian Book Club
— 1541 members
— last activity May 11, 2026 03:42AM
Serbian bookclub is for readers from Serbia or those interested in Serbia and Serbian literature.
Book Exchange/Razmena knjiga
— 53 members
— last activity Jan 26, 2019 11:47AM
Ova grupa je namenjena svim osobama koje su raspoložene za razmenu, odnosno trampu, ali i poklanjanje knjiga koje poseduju. Zašto bi iznova kupovali k ...more
Nora’s 2025 Year in Books
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