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“To know nothing about yourself is to be constantly in danger of nothingness, those voids of non-being over which a man walks the tightrope of his life.”
― Tsotsi
― Tsotsi
“The last trumpet ever to be sounded shall blow even algebra to wreck.”
― Hard Times
― Hard Times
“I am the sum total of everything that went before me, of all I have been seen done, of everything done-to-me. I am everyone everything whose being-in-the-world affected was affected by mine. I am anything that happens after I'm gone which would not have happened if I had not come.”
― Midnight’s Children
― Midnight’s Children
“Strangely enough I like the kind to which I belong: people.”
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“Our lives are a battlefield on which is fought a continuous war between the forces that are pledged to confirm our humanity and those determined to dismantle it; those who strive to build a protective wall around it, and those who wish to pull it down; those who seek to mould it and those committed to breaking it up; those who aim to open our eyes, to make us see the light and look to tomorrow [...] and those who wish to lull us into closing our eyes”
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Read a book from each country
— 973 members
— last activity Jun 09, 2025 01:23PM
I thought this would be a good place to collect recommendations for books from various countries. I don't have a formal goal to read a book from each ...more
Great African Reads
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— last activity 2 hours, 21 min ago
Here is an overview of the group reads & activities: Regional reads Nominations and Book discussions. Buddy Reads Find someone to read along with!. Sh ...more
Previous, Present, or Future English Teachers!
— 86 members
— last activity Jan 01, 2013 06:43AM
This is a group for anyone interested in literature and teaching it, a place to give and receive teaching ideas, and an area to discuss interesting an ...more
Around the World in 80 Books
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— last activity 18 hours, 28 min ago
Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more
The Guttering Flame
— 77 members
— last activity Nov 28, 2011 08:35PM
This is a little society, a cadre, a coterie of the unlike-minded. Here we discuss Comic Books (or Graphic Novels, if you prefer) as art, aesthetic, l ...more
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