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"Flaubert believed it was impossible to explain one art form in terms of another & great paintings required no words of explanation.Braque thought the ideal state would be reached when we said nothing at all in front of a painting.But we are very far from reaching that state.We remain incorrigibly verbal creatures who love to explain things, to form opinions.It is a rare picture which stuns,or argues, us into silence." — Jan 21, 2026 08:47AM
"Flaubert believed it was impossible to explain one art form in terms of another & great paintings required no words of explanation.Braque thought the ideal state would be reached when we said nothing at all in front of a painting.But we are very far from reaching that state.We remain incorrigibly verbal creatures who love to explain things, to form opinions.It is a rare picture which stuns,or argues, us into silence." — Jan 21, 2026 08:47AM
“The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3 best friends. If they're ok, then it's you.”
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“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
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“There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.”
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“Touch has a memory.”
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Elizabeth Taylor - Just one to begin with . . .
— 12 members
— last activity Jan 26, 2024 04:25AM
Hi Friends - completed A Game of Hide and Seek - and moving on...
The Short Story Club
— 557 members
— last activity 19 hours, 56 min ago
The purpose of this group is to read and discuss one short story a week. For the the first couple of years, we read from specific anthologies, but fro ...more
Homer's The Odyssey, translated by Emily Wilson
— 199 members
— last activity Aug 15, 2025 01:06PM
In this group, we will read and discuss Emily Wilson's new translation of Homer's The Odyssey, published in November 2017 by Norton. We also welcome d ...more
Tessa Hadley Fans
— 6 members
— last activity Feb 04, 2024 03:44PM
A small group to read Tessa Hadley's latest novel - Free Love. Start date - tentative - January 2024 ...more
Girl by Edna O'Brien - Starting 10 January 2025
— 5 members
— last activity Apr 11, 2025 04:01PM
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