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“Ink, a Drug.”
― Bend Sinister
― Bend Sinister
“Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta. She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita. Did she have a precursor? She did, indeed she did. In point of fact, there might have been no Lolita at all had I not loved, one summer, an initial girl-child. In a princedom by the sea. Oh when? About as many years before Lolita was born as my age was that summer. You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, exhibit number one is what the seraphs, the misinformed, simple, noble-winged seraphs, envied. Look at this tangle of thorns.”
― Lolita
― Lolita
“It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.”
― Lolita
― Lolita
“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.”
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“Some people—and I am one of them—hate happy ends. We feel cheated. Harm is the norm. Doom should not jam. The avalanche stopping in its tracks a few feet above the cowering village behaves not only unnaturally but unethically.”
― Pnin
― Pnin
SLCLS Genre Study
— 108 members
— last activity Sep 20, 2021 11:57AM
This group is for SLCLS staff to discuss genres and improve reader's advisory skills. Please post your suggested books on the bookshelf so we'll have ...more
Does the Universe Have a Soul?
— 37 members
— last activity May 06, 2020 10:11AM
A discussion on panpsychism—the idea that mind or soul or consciousness is a property of matter. That’s the premise behind my science fiction novel Kn ...more
Gabrielle Zevin's The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
— 84 members
— last activity May 05, 2014 09:34AM
Gabrielle Zevin's latest book The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry tells the story of a bookseller with VERY strong opinions on books. This group is for peo ...more
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge
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An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more
Our Shared Shelf
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— last activity May 05, 2026 10:03AM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
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