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“No story has power, nor will it last, unless we feel in ourselves that it is true and true of us.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“After the bare requisites to living and reproducing, man wants most to leave some record of himself, a proof, perhaps, that he has really existed. He leaves his proof on wood, on stone or on the lives of other people. This deep desire exists in everyone, from the boy who writes dirty words in a public toilet to the Buddha who etches his image in the race mind. Life is so unreal. I think that we seriously doubt that we exist and go about trying to prove that we do.”
― The Pastures of Heaven
― The Pastures of Heaven
“But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“Muscles aching to work, minds aching to create - this is man.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
Mansfield Park Readalong
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— last activity May 17, 2018 11:30AM
Let's read Mansfield Park together in February. You can start the book when you like but I will read it from the 17th of February till the 28th of Fe ...more
Our Shared Shelf
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— last activity 5 hours, 44 min ago
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
Brontë Book Club
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— last activity Apr 07, 2023 12:57PM
A Goodreads group to run alongside the Brontë Book Club, an online reading group set up as part of Emily Brontë's bicentenary celebrations. ...more
LITTLE BOOK CLUB
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— last activity Dec 09, 2021 05:14AM
AMERICAN GODS Liveshow: Date TBA Due to popular demand, I have decided to start up a book club! I'll be organising some read-a-longs each month or so ...more
Bibliobook Club
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— last activity Dec 09, 2021 08:59AM
The girls of the Biannual Bibliothon decided two live shows wasn't enough! So we made a book club! We're going to be doing live shows for a particula ...more
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