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the Party’s greatest triumph lay not in any scientific breakthroughs but rather its understanding that we all share a deep longing for social harmony, even at the cost of remembering our true histories.
“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
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“All colors made me happy: even gray.
My eyes were such that literally they
Took photographs. ”
― Pale Fire
My eyes were such that literally they
Took photographs. ”
― Pale Fire
“A man is fearful of lonely in a woman”
― A Book of American Martyrs
― A Book of American Martyrs
“We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.”
― Me: Stories of My Life
― Me: Stories of My Life
“I am for an art that imitates the human, that is comic, if necessary, or violent, or whatever is necessary. I am for an art that takes its form from the lines of life itself, that twists and extends and accumulates and spits and drips, and is heavy and coarse and blunt and sweet and stupid as life itself.”
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The Brain and Mind
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This is a group for readers to recommend and discuss books related to real and/or artificial brains. Categories include but are not limited to: neuros ...more
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A group for New York City dwellers to compare/contrast what they're reading with other New Yorkers. Anyone from the 5 boroughs, or even the tri-state ...more
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All books non-fiction for folks in the 5 boroughs of New York City. History, politics, science, economics, business, anything that would be of interes ...more
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An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more
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