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The Tunnel
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The phrase ‘the good old days’ does not mean that bad things happened less frequently in the past, only – fortunately – that people simply forget they happened. Obviously that view is not universally accepted. I, for example, would
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“Russia is lost" she continued. "First we had God. Then we had Lenin. Now we have nothing.”
― Back to Moscow
― Back to Moscow
“I think I have the courage to doubt everything; I think I have the courage to fight everything. But I do not have the courage to know anything, nor to possess, to own anything. Most people complain that the world is so prosaic, that life isn't like a romantic novel where opportunities are always so favourable. What I complain of is that life is not like a novel where there are hard-hearted fathers, and goblins and trolls to fight with, enchanted princesses to free. What are all such enemies taken together compared to the pallid, bloodless, glutinous nocturnal shapes with which I fight and to which I myself give life and being.”
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
“Hell is other people, said Jean-Paul Sartre. Don’t take this the wrong way, but I think he means you.”
― The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life
― The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life
“Today, no one has time for feelings, they’re all out making money. The discovery of money hit us like an atom bomb…”
― Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
― Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
“No one comes back from the dead, no one has entered the world without crying; no one is asked when he wishes to enter life, nor when he wishes to leave.”
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
Literary Exploration
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Want to explore different genres? Each month we pick a different Literary book, to read and discuss. Books are picked by members via a poll.
Pulp Fiction
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— last activity Jul 02, 2026 07:48AM
Hard Boiled detective novels, noir, and great crime novels (old and new)
The Literati
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— last activity Jan 19, 2019 02:09PM
“L'intellectuel est quelqu'un qui se mêle de ce qui ne le regarde pas.” – Jean-Paul Sartre We seek the answers to life and the world around us. We s ...more
100BestWIT
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— last activity Sep 02, 2020 03:16PM
With the release of the 100 Best WIT list we thought it might be fun to dedicate a Goodreads group to the list...maybe even read the list in its entir ...more
Existential Book Club
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— last activity May 29, 2026 06:15AM
This a book club for anybody interested in reading existentialist literature and fiction. Every month I'll be putting up a new text either by an exist ...more
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