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“My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am all I have to work with, to play with, to suffer and to enjoy. It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but of my own. I do not intend to let myself down more than I can possibly help, and I find that the fewer illusions I have about myself or the world around me, the better company I am for myself.”
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“To ask an author who hopes to be a serious writer if his work is autobiographical is like asking a spider where he buys his thread. The spider gets his thread right out of his own guts, and that is where the author gets his writing.”
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“I was most happy when pen and paper were taken from me and I was forbidden from doing anything. I had no anxiety about doing nothing by my own fault, my conscience was clear, and I was happy. This was when I was in prison.”
― Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings
― Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings
“No single thing abides; and all things are fucked up.”
― The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
― The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
Non Fiction for the Senses
— 45 members
— last activity Jan 18, 2019 08:59PM
A virtual book club to indulge in non-fiction books about all things relating to the senses, mostly focusing on the history, lore and science around t ...more
A virtual book club to indulge in non-fiction books about all things relating to the senses, mostly focusing on the history, lore and science around t ...more
Geekquality Reading Group
— 31 members
— last activity Dec 31, 2012 11:14AM
This is the companion book group for Geekquality.com, its staff and readers, where we can all talk about the books we've read or would love to read, a ...more
This is the companion book group for Geekquality.com, its staff and readers, where we can all talk about the books we've read or would love to read, a ...more
Books I Loathed
— 1931 members
— last activity Jul 25, 2024 10:23PM
This is a public forum for people to kvetch (cleanly, please) about books they absolutely hated, and for others to respond. Though nonfiction is certa ...more
This is a public forum for people to kvetch (cleanly, please) about books they absolutely hated, and for others to respond. Though nonfiction is certa ...more
Soundtracks for Books & Characters
— 38 members
— last activity Sep 18, 2018 06:40PM
This is a place to talk about how listening to music relates to books and characters we read about. Do you have a particular album or song associated ...more
This is a place to talk about how listening to music relates to books and characters we read about. Do you have a particular album or song associated ...more
The Book You Crew
— 15 members
— last activity Apr 08, 2010 04:37PM
A centralized spot for BYC members (and selected former members) to more easily keep abreast of what other members are reading, get recommendations, r ...more
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A centralized spot for BYC members (and selected former members) to more easily keep abreast of what other members are reading, get recommendations, r ...more
Tanya’s 2023 Year in Books
Take a look at Tanya’s Year in Books. The good, the bad, the long, the short—it’s all here.
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