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“I have come to the conclusion that the use and knowledge of words acts sometimes as a stumbling block rather than a clarifier.”
― Anaïs Nin, A Literate Passion: Letters of Anais Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953

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“I want to make the feminine scar. Helen of Troy was, after all, unfecundable. She was one of the rigid ones, like [Virginia] Woolf and [Rebecca] West.”
― Anaïs Nin, A Literate Passion: Letters of Anais Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953

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“I guess I am disturbed only because so little strains through the meshes and I am thinking in such violent floods.”
― Anaïs Nin, A Literate Passion: Letters of Anais Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953

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“I wanted to hear women with musical voices, women soft and undulating, women all women, slaves maybe, dupes too, but what matter . . . women.”
― Anaïs Nin, A Literate Passion: Letters of Anais Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953

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“A man who dominates is a man who does not love. He has a tremendous animal vitality, a force, which conquers. He conquers, people are subjected by him, but he neither loves nor understands”
― Anaïs Nin, A Literate Passion: Letters of Anais Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953

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Book Buying Addicts Anonymous — 1070 members — last activity Sep 09, 2018 07:34AM
For the booklover who reads four or five books at a time, buys just as many at a time and who changes books like he/she changes his/her clothing. If y ...more

Goodreads Librarians Group — 341949 members — last activity 1 minute ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

Humor is My Genre — 170 members — last activity Feb 28, 2023 07:18AM
Novels that entertain, bring a smile or a laugh to the reader. They can be any genre, mystery, history, gothic, etc or any theme, but the books must h ...more

NAGW Book Club — 158 members — last activity Sep 26, 2017 09:48AM
The desire to communicate and learn with fellow web professionals in other city and county governments is nothing new. NAGW is the National Associatio ...more