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I was so privileged I was acquiring the most useless graduate degree imaginable.
“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
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“At the end of an evening, her women friends would hug her, or a friend’s husband might slip his arm around her waist to kiss her, just a little too suggestively, and the coldness in her would respond, I don’t give a damn if I ever see any of you again.”
― The Best American Short Stories 2014
― The Best American Short Stories 2014
“(On one estimate, the adult human brain stores about one billion bits—a couple of orders of magnitude less than a low-end smartphone.”
― Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
― Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
“After my parents died, it took me months before I could carry on a conversation with someone who had not known them, who expected me to be young and sparkling and untouched by grief.”
― The Best American Short Stories 2014
― The Best American Short Stories 2014
“The sound of the wind against the sides of the house is exactly like the sound of wolf fur against cardboard.”
― The Best American Short Stories 2014
― The Best American Short Stories 2014
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Join innovative author Karen Russell for a discussion of her work in celebration of the paperback release of her novel Swamplandia. This is a chance t ...more
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A book club for Goodreads employees who want to Think Big. We'll read and discuss one book (every other month) around how others have thought big abou ...more
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Goodreads company feminist book group! What's not to love? ...more
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Devs at Goodreads read tech books and learn things together
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