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"Good, but a bit bloated by Anglocentric psychedelic-era academia. "Mishima chose to die the most Japanese death possible." Please. Save it." — May 21, 2013 12:38pm
"Good, but a bit bloated by Anglocentric psychedelic-era academia. "Mishima chose to die the most Japanese death possible." Please. Save it." — May 21, 2013 12:38pm
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“Perhaps my best years are gone. When there was a chance of happiness. But I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.”
― Samuel Beckett, Krapp's Last Tape & Embers
― Samuel Beckett, Krapp's Last Tape & Embers
“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.”
― René Descartes
― René Descartes
“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
― Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
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― Aldous Huxley
― Aldous Huxley
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― Kurt Vonnegut
― Kurt Vonnegut
Justine Applebach, or, The Lily of the Valley (Humor)
4 chapters
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updated Jan 07, 2013 12:05pm
Description:
A pop singer goads danger.
This story is really just terribly written, but I hope the message is pregnant enough to even it out.
The Comedians (Poetry)
1 chapters
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updated Oct 18, 2012 03:56pm
Description:
A poem about jokesters
On Schiele (Biographies & Memoirs)
1 chapters
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updated Apr 17, 2012 06:06am
Description:
An essay on Egon Schiele written for an art history class. The numbers in parentheses once led to pictures, which I have now chosen to omit.
The Incubus (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
1 chapters
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updated Jan 09, 2012 03:12pm
Description:
Mercier contracts a magical STD.
Game Over (Health, Mind & Body)
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1 chapters
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updated Dec 15, 2011 10:03am
Description:
A short reflection on what's gone by.
Bright Young Things
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...the perfect place for you to discuss your favourite authors from the early 20th Century. In the years from 1900 to 1945 the world of literature wen...more
William T Vollmann Central
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This corner of goodreads shall serve the needs of rainbow readers of Mr Vollmann's indulgent body of work. We welcome the veteran and the fresh flesh...more
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