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So just as my genes and the soul within me make me uniquely me, so I am the unique sum of the books I have read. I am my literary DNA.
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“My melancholy is the most faithful mistress I have known; what wonder, then, that I love her in return.”
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
“Childhood is long and narrow like a coffin, and you can’t get out of it on your own.”
― Childhood
― Childhood
“Today, no one has time for feelings, they’re all out making money. The discovery of money hit us like an atom bomb…”
― Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
― Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
“Left to itself every literature will exhaust its vitality, if it is not refreshed by the interest and contributions of a foreign one. What naturalist does not take pleasure in the wonderful things that he sees produced by reflection in a mirror? Now what a mirror in the field of ideas and morals means, everyone has experienced in himself, and once his attention is aroused, he will understand how much of his education he owes to it.”
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“Russia is lost" she continued. "First we had God. Then we had Lenin. Now we have nothing.”
― Back to Moscow
― Back to Moscow
Literary Exploration
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Want to explore different genres? Each month we pick a different Literary book, to read and discuss. Books are picked by members via a poll.
Pulp Fiction
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Hard Boiled detective novels, noir, and great crime novels (old and new)
The Literati
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— last activity Jan 19, 2019 02:09PM
“L'intellectuel est quelqu'un qui se mêle de ce qui ne le regarde pas.” – Jean-Paul Sartre We seek the answers to life and the world around us. We s ...more
100BestWIT
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With the release of the 100 Best WIT list we thought it might be fun to dedicate a Goodreads group to the list...maybe even read the list in its entir ...more
Existential Book Club
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This a book club for anybody interested in reading existentialist literature and fiction. Every month I'll be putting up a new text either by an exist ...more
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