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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
“Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we've ever met.”
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“The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.”
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“Everyone struggles against despair, but it always wins in the end. It has to. It's the thing that lets us say goodbye.”
― Middlesex
― Middlesex
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
The Thomas Mann Group
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— last activity Jan 17, 2026 05:34AM
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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— last activity Oct 10, 2014 06:54AM
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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