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“Look into the eyes of a chicken and you will see real stupidity. It is a kind of bottomless stupidity, a fiendish stupidity. They are the most horrifying, cannibalistic and nightmarish creatures in the world.”
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“On account of bad weather, German revolution took place in music”
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“John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
― A Short History of Progress
― A Short History of Progress
“I don't like ferocious irony but rather the kind that vacillates between disappointment and hope. Okay?”
― Never Any End to Paris
― Never Any End to Paris
“My experience of life is that it is not divided up into genres; it’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky.”
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Soundtracks for Books & Characters
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This is a place to talk about how listening to music relates to books and characters we read about. Do you have a particular album or song associated ...more
Boris Vian
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Are you interested in world literature, and works in translation? Come here for recommendations, resources, links, advice on who the best translator o ...more
Stas’s 2025 Year in Books
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