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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
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“There are so many who know more than I do, who understand the world better than I do. I would be truly learned, a great scholar, if only I could retain everything I've learned from those I have known. But then would I still be me? And isn't all that only words? Words grow old, too; they change their meaning and their usage. They get sick just as we do; they die of their wounds and then they are relegated to the dust of dictionaries.
And where am I in all this?”
― The Time of the Uprooted
And where am I in all this?”
― The Time of the Uprooted
“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
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“Worship your body, beauty, and sexual allure and you will die a million deaths before they finally grieve you.”
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“And where there is no Echo there is no description of space or love. There is only silence.”
― House of Leaves
― House of Leaves
Sunnyside Book Club
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— last activity Sep 26, 2014 08:06PM
A book club in SE Portland, meets monthly.
Word Nerd
— 10 members
— last activity Jun 12, 2012 04:55PM
This is a real, live, in-person book group. We meet once a month to discuss our latest read in East Portland. Members create the reading list.
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