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“No utopia can ever give satisfaction to everyone, all the time. As their material conditions improve, men raise their sights and become discontented with power and possessions that once would have seemed beyond their wildest dreams. And even when the external world has granted all it can, there still remain the searchings of the mind and the longings of the heart.”
― Childhood’s End
― Childhood’s End
“Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real.”
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“Now I understand,” said the last man.”
― Childhood’s End
― Childhood’s End
Around the World in 80 Books
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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
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
Taiwan Readers
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— last activity May 31, 2022 07:53PM
A group for readers in Taiwan. Hopefully, we can get an online book club going.
A group for readers in Taiwan. Hopefully, we can get an online book club going.
Kuang’s 2023 Year in Books
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