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“Societies get the criminals they deserve-Dr. Alexandre Lacassagne”
― The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science
― The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science
“Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong. All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped them up and tried to enforce them. The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant, in this field as in all others. His culture is based on "I am not too sure.”
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“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
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“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
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“No one is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart: for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.”
― Nobody Knows My Name
― Nobody Knows My Name
Transgressive Fiction
— 1344 members
— last activity Aug 14, 2025 05:26PM
wikipedia: "Transgressive fiction is a genre of literature that focuses on characters who feel confined by the norms and expectations of society and w ...more
The Gonzo Nihilist
— 325 members
— last activity Jun 25, 2018 04:11PM
Is nothing good enough, or weird enough? Read on. This group is for the out there, the freaky, the mental adventurers. What books do you like that tak ...more
Cult Books
— 54 members
— last activity Feb 06, 2012 08:59AM
Books inspire all sorts of reactions, from disgust to slavish devotion. I am interested in books which have had the effect of turning readers into "co ...more
I Love My Humor Dark. No Sugar, No Cream
— 583 members
— last activity Nov 09, 2025 12:31AM
A celebration and conversation of all literature that is of the intelligent dark humor or satirical variety.
Dirty realism
— 112 members
— last activity Sep 19, 2020 06:51AM
"Dirty realism is a term coined by Bill Buford of Granta magazine to define a North American literary movement. Writers in this sub-category of realis ...more
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