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“There is nothing in the world more difficult than candor, and nothing easier than flattery. If there is a hundredth of a fraction of a false note to candor, it immediately produces dissonance, and as a result, exposure. But in flattery, even if everything is false down to the last note, it is still pleasant, and people will listen not without pleasure; with coarse pleasure, perhaps, but pleasure nevertheless.”
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“According to Aristophanes in Plato's The Banquet, in the ancient world of legend there were three types of people.
In ancient times people weren't simply male or female, but one of three types : male/male, male/female or female/female. In other words, each person was made out of the components of two people. Everyone was happy with this arrangment and never really gave it much thought. But then God took a knife and cut everyone in half, right down the middle. So after that the world was divided just into male and female, the upshot being that people spend their time running around trying to locate their missing half.”
― Kafka on the Shore
In ancient times people weren't simply male or female, but one of three types : male/male, male/female or female/female. In other words, each person was made out of the components of two people. Everyone was happy with this arrangment and never really gave it much thought. But then God took a knife and cut everyone in half, right down the middle. So after that the world was divided just into male and female, the upshot being that people spend their time running around trying to locate their missing half.”
― Kafka on the Shore
“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel!”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.”
― Lady Knight
― Lady Knight
East of Eden Readalong
— 26 members
— last activity Jul 04, 2018 08:03AM
"The Salinas Valley is in Northern California. It is a long narrow swale between two ranges of mountains, and the Salinas River winds and twists up th ...more
Boundless Classics
— 16 members
— last activity Apr 02, 2018 07:20AM
This is an online book group dedicated to reading classics from literature. Each month, we will tackle a classic together and engage in cozy conversat ...more
Book Girl Magic
— 415 members
— last activity Jul 16, 2022 05:36AM
Book club for women that focuses on reading books by black women.
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