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“If I’m ninety and believe I’m forty-five, I’m headed for a very bad time trying to get out of the bathtub.”
― No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
― No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
“.rummaging furiously in a mind which appeared to have entirely lost its card index....”
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“The number of living creatures of all orders whose existence intimately depends on kelp is wonderful. A great volume might be written describing the inhabitants of one of these beds of seaweed…. I can only compare these great aquatic forests…with terrestrial ones in the intertropical regions. Yet, if in any other country a forest was destroyed, I do not believe so many species of animals would perish as would here, from the destruction of kelp”
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“The possession of power inevitably spoils the free use of reason”
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“On listening to Gute Nacht Aus Schuberts Winterreise
Great music has much the same effect upon humans as cyanide, I managed to think: It paralyzes the respiratory system.”
― The Golden Tresses of the Dead
Great music has much the same effect upon humans as cyanide, I managed to think: It paralyzes the respiratory system.”
― The Golden Tresses of the Dead
American Gods: All Gaiman, All The Time
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What? No group for Neil Gaiman fan(atic)s? For Shame! Well, now there is--a group for all things Gaiman. If you're a fan of his novels, his graphic no ...more
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If you like space opera: an epic scale adventure through the galaxy with military battles, interplanetary politics, realistic interpersonal relationsh ...more
Lynchburg Reads
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The Lynchburg VA community reads discussion group.
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge
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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
What's the Name of That Book???
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Can't remember the title of a book you read? Come search our bookshelves and discussion posts. If you don’t find it there, post a description on our U ...more
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