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"Has it occurred to you that socialist art aspires to be something like magic?You draw a bison on a rock face&that evening you get something hot to eat.Bureaucrats of official art reason the same way.If you portray something that’s positive,then everyone will be all right.But if it’s something negative,the opposite result will occur.If you depict a Stakhanovite feat of labour,it follows that everyone will work hard." — Mar 14, 2026 05:42AM
"Has it occurred to you that socialist art aspires to be something like magic?You draw a bison on a rock face&that evening you get something hot to eat.Bureaucrats of official art reason the same way.If you portray something that’s positive,then everyone will be all right.But if it’s something negative,the opposite result will occur.If you depict a Stakhanovite feat of labour,it follows that everyone will work hard." — Mar 14, 2026 05:42AM
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"Ma belle amie, l'homme le plus adroit ne peut encore se tenir au niveau de la femme la plus vraie." — Feb 28, 2026 04:09AM
"Ma belle amie, l'homme le plus adroit ne peut encore se tenir au niveau de la femme la plus vraie." — Feb 28, 2026 04:09AM
“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
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“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”
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“There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.”
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“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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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
— 561 members
— last activity 49 minutes 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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