Jonathan

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Jonathan’s Quotes

“She hadn't managed, and I hadn't helped. That was how it was.”
― Hanne Ørstavik, The Pastor

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“He had never seen such a stare of pitying boredom in her eyes.”
― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

tags: boredom, stare

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“He kissed her as he worked, and swallowed the pestilence with her spittle; his hands came off her body gritty with her contagious cells. He knew none of this, of course. He was perfectly innocent of what corruption he embraced, and took into himself with every uninspired thrust.”
― Clive Barker, Books of Blood, Volumes Four to Six

tags: contagion, the-life-of-death

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“The clergy nowadays seldom included the weather in their prayers....”
― Barbara Pym, A Few Green Leaves

tags: clergy, weather

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“Yes, so she knows her failings. Heather was a librarian,' he added, as if this might explain the failings.”
― Barbara Pym, A Few Green Leaves

tags: failings, librarian

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Jonathan’s Groups

Gothic Literature — 117 members — last activity Feb 23, 2026 03:00AM
Discussing the darker aspects of 18th - 21st century literature. If you cannot find a topic you are interested in feel free to create a new thread for ...more

Reading Proust's In Search of Lost Time in 2014 — 93 members — last activity Mar 09, 2019 04:37PM
A reading group for Marcel Proust's "In Search of Lost Time". This group reading adventure will begin on January 1, 2014 and go on through December ...more

NYRB Classics — 1561 members — last activity 2 hours, 37 min ago
For friends of NYRB Classics

Brain Pain — 1244 members — last activity Oct 10, 2023 09:29AM
NOTE: This group is intermittently active, but you are welcome to revive past discussions if you're currently reading any of those books. We read ch ...more

2016: A Dance to the Music of Time — 96 members — last activity Nov 14, 2019 07:37PM
2016 reading group for the 12 book series by Anthony Powell, A Dance to the Music of Time. One book per month.

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