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to call half his supporters “deplorables.”
“Historical fact: People stopped being people in 1913. That was the year Henry Ford put his cars on rollers and made his workers adopt the speed of the assembly line. At first, workers rebelled. They quit in droves, unable to accustom their bodies to the new pace of the age. Since then, however, the adaptation has been passed down: we've all inherited it to some degree, so that we plug right into joy-sticks and remotes, to repetitive motions of a hundred kinds.”
― Middlesex
― Middlesex
“it's amazing what you can get used to.”
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“Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.”
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“Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we've ever met.”
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“In literary criticism the critic has no choice but to make over the victim of his attention into something the size and shape of himself.”
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
The Thomas Mann Group
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Members of Kindred Spirits and other interested GR members read the works of Thomas Mann. Our next scheduled read is The Magic Mountain, taking plac ...more
Thomas Mann's "The Magic Mountain"
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— last activity Mar 18, 2014 09:23PM
This small group is designed to help readers share questions, answers, views and reviews about "The Magic Mountain". ...more
Ask Jess Walter
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— last activity Apr 29, 2013 10:10PM
*Update! The Video has been added! Watch it below to see if your questions was answered.* Jess Walter's Beautiful Ruins was a runaway bestseller. Thi ...more
Ask Gillian Flynn and Megan Abbott
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Join us on Tuesday, August 14 for a special discussion with Megan Abbott and Gillian Flynn. Two authors with two of the hottest books of the summer, G ...more
Romy's Garden Adventures
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— last activity Mar 28, 2012 03:05PM
FREE TO READ for everyone!!! My new book 'Romy's Garden Adventures: Easter Funny Bunny'. All I really care about is getting reviews for it, so I have ...more
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