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When I struggled to get the words out, my grandfather would hand me a pen and paper. “If you can’t say them, write them. They last longer that way. Write all your words, Annie. Write them and give them somewhere to go.” And so I have.
“No one asks you to throw Mozart out of the window. Keep Mozart. Cherish him. Keep Moses too, and Buddha and Lao Tzu and Christ. Keep them in your heart. But make room for the others, the coming ones, the ones who are already scratching on the window-panes.”
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“Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything godlike about God, it is that. He dared to imagine everything”
― Sexus
― Sexus
“Everybody says sex is obscene. The only true obscenity is war.”
― Tropic of Cancer
― Tropic of Cancer
“Let me be, was all I wanted. Be what I am, no matter how I am.”
― Stand Still Like the Hummingbird
― Stand Still Like the Hummingbird
“But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”
― Alice in Wonderland
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”
― Alice in Wonderland
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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 next challenge begins January 2 ...more
Glens Falls (NY) Online Book Discussion Group
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Welcome to this online book discussion group to which all are welcome. We are centered in the Glens Falls & Queensbury, NY, area, but we reach out to ...more
Russian Readers Club
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— last activity May 23, 2017 04:03AM
The place where both russian readers and lovers of russian literature can share their thoughts about russian literature as well as about foreign one, ...more
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