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“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.”
― Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
― Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
“It is an obvious truth, that no constitution can defend itself: it must be defended by the wisdom and fortitude of men.”
― The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06
― The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06
“One is happy once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness: simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear conscience.”
― Correspondance, 1812-1876, Volume 5
― Correspondance, 1812-1876, Volume 5
“As with most things, my approach to writing has been entirely ass-backwards. I first had to become everything but a writer -- exhaust all possibilities. I had to come to it on my knees. Only when there was truly nothing left, was I able to become a writer.”
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“The United States spends over $87 billion conducting a war in Iraq while the United Nations estimates that for less than half that amount we could provide clean water, adequate diets, sanitations services and basic education to every person on the planet. And we wonder why terrorists attack us.”
― Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
― Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
The Great Gormenghast Read
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This group is for those who wish to participate in a planned read of the original Gormenghast novels as penned by Mervyn Peake before his death. The ...more
Reading Proust's In Search of Lost Time in 2014
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— 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
Caldecott Books
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— last activity Aug 06, 2018 06:19PM
A group for Caldecott fans: The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annual ...more
Never too Late to Read Classics
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Classics of at least 50 years? Goal of read more in 2023? NTLTRC has a variety of Genre's to help you achieve that goal here are a few Author's from A ...more
Q&A with Lindsey Kay
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— last activity Dec 25, 2012 09:31AM
A place to ask questions that arise from reading Lindsey's blog and books, as well as to ask more general questions that may not arise out of reading ...more
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