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“All I want is blackness. Blackness and silence.
(The actual Sylvia Plath quote from "The Moon and the Yew Tree" is:
"And the message of the yew tree is blackness –
blackness and silence.")”
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(The actual Sylvia Plath quote from "The Moon and the Yew Tree" is:
"And the message of the yew tree is blackness –
blackness and silence.")”
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“It's no good crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.”
― Of Human Bondage
― Of Human Bondage
“Don't try to make me grow up before my time…”
― Little Women
― Little Women
“Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.”
― Candide
― Candide
“I like good strong words that mean something…”
― Little Women
― Little Women
Book Club - Istanbul
— 252 members
— last activity Jan 07, 2026 06:53AM
Anyone around that would like to have a book club so we can read and discuss books we choose ?
White Nights
— 400 members
— last activity Nov 12, 2019 05:45PM
For anyone remotely interested and versed in Russian literature, history and culture. Love Pushkin, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Akhmatova, Nabokov? ...more
The Novella Club
— 962 members
— last activity May 13, 2026 06:38AM
A book group devoted to reading and discussing novellas (one a month). Definition of NOVELLA 1) a story with a compact and pointed plot 2) a work of ...more
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