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“I exist. It is soft, so soft, so slow. And light: it seems as though it suspends in the air. It moves.”
― Nausea
― Nausea
“Little flashes of sun on the surface of a cold, dark sea.”
― Nausea
― Nausea
“It's quite an undertaking to start loving somebody. You have to have energy, generosity, blindness. There is even a moment right at the start where you have to jump across an abyss: if you think about it you don't do it.”
― Nausea
― Nausea
“happened as I listened: I felt pain. Not in my head, not in my arm, not in my leg; everywhere at once. I told myself there was no difference between being “inside” and being “outside,” that it all came down to X’s and O’s that could be acquired in any number of different ways, but the pain increased to a point where I thought I might collapse, and I limped away.”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
“The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking
it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly
flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look
into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only. An idea at the
back of it; not a sentimental pretence but an idea; and an
unselfish belief in the idea—something you can set up, and bow down
before, and offer a sacrifice to…”
― Heart of Darkness
it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly
flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look
into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only. An idea at the
back of it; not a sentimental pretence but an idea; and an
unselfish belief in the idea—something you can set up, and bow down
before, and offer a sacrifice to…”
― Heart of Darkness
Crime & Thriller Group -- Featuring Michael Connelly, Jonathon King, and Kevin O'Brien
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What's the Name of That Book???
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Ask Mona Simpson!
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Join bestselling author Mona Simpson for a lively discussion in celebration of the paperback release of her novel My Hollywood. Mona will be answering ...more
Ask Laura Lippman -- Special One Day Only Group!
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Join bestselling author Laura Lippman for a lively discussion of her work in celebration of her new novel The Most Dangerous Thing. Laura will answer ...more
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