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Oliver Twist
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Now, if, during this brief period, Oliver had been surrounded by careful grandmothers, anxious aunts, experienced nurses, and doctors of profound wisdom, he would most inevitably and indubitably have been killed in no time.
“People come, people go – they’ll drift in and out of your life, almost like characters in a favorite book. When you finally close the cover, the characters have told their story and you start up again with another book, complete with new characters and adventures. Then you find yourself focusing on the new ones, not the ones from the past.”
― The Rescue
― The Rescue
“A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”
― Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
― Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
“I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.”
― The Diary of a Young Girl
― The Diary of a Young Girl
GGI Book Club: Madrid
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— last activity May 04, 2019 09:13AM
This womxn-only bookclub has been running since 2013 and has a very active and engaged group of readers. We normally hold two meetings a month: a fict ...more
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