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The Tunnel
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The phrase ‘the good old days’ does not mean that bad things happened less frequently in the past, only – fortunately – that people simply forget they happened. Obviously that view is not universally accepted. I, for example, would
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“No one comes back from the dead, no one has entered the world without crying; no one is asked when he wishes to enter life, nor when he wishes to leave.”
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
“Hell is other people, said Jean-Paul Sartre. Don’t take this the wrong way, but I think he means you.”
― The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life
― The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life
“Russia is lost" she continued. "First we had God. Then we had Lenin. Now we have nothing.”
― Back to Moscow
― Back to Moscow
“Left to itself every literature will exhaust its vitality, if it is not refreshed by the interest and contributions of a foreign one. What naturalist does not take pleasure in the wonderful things that he sees produced by reflection in a mirror? Now what a mirror in the field of ideas and morals means, everyone has experienced in himself, and once his attention is aroused, he will understand how much of his education he owes to it.”
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“Today, no one has time for feelings, they’re all out making money. The discovery of money hit us like an atom bomb…”
― Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
― Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
Literary Exploration
— 1571 members
— last activity Mar 23, 2026 11:48AM
Want to explore different genres? Each month we pick a different Literary book, to read and discuss. Books are picked by members via a poll.
Pulp Fiction
— 1937 members
— last activity 15 hours, 39 min ago
Hard Boiled detective novels, noir, and great crime novels (old and new)
The Literati
— 33 members
— last activity Jan 19, 2019 02:09PM
“L'intellectuel est quelqu'un qui se mêle de ce qui ne le regarde pas.” – Jean-Paul Sartre We seek the answers to life and the world around us. We s ...more
100BestWIT
— 76 members
— last activity Sep 02, 2020 03:16PM
With the release of the 100 Best WIT list we thought it might be fun to dedicate a Goodreads group to the list...maybe even read the list in its entir ...more
Existential Book Club
— 1532 members
— last activity May 29, 2026 06:15AM
This a book club for anybody interested in reading existentialist literature and fiction. Every month I'll be putting up a new text either by an exist ...more
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