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Jennifer Welsh
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"“Big Eric tells us the meanings of the words, because he insists it will help us sing. I like it better when I don’t know the meanings. When the word is empty and I fill it like a glass. Knowing what they mean takes away some of my courage.”" — Jul 05, 2024 11:37AM
"“Big Eric tells us the meanings of the words, because he insists it will help us sing. I like it better when I don’t know the meanings. When the word is empty and I fill it like a glass. Knowing what they mean takes away some of my courage.”" — Jul 05, 2024 11:37AM
“It is always the false that makes you suffer, the false desires and fears, the false values and ideas, the false relationships between people. Abandon the false and you are free of pain; truth makes happy, truth liberates.”
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“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing
and rightdoing there is a field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass
the world is too full to talk about.”
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and rightdoing there is a field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass
the world is too full to talk about.”
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“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
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“The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.”
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“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
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Buddy read - Jennifer and Mark
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— last activity Mar 07, 2024 03:44PM
Free Love by the wonderful Tessa Hadley
The Girls of Slender Means
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— last activity Jun 22, 2024 03:40AM
Buddy Read with Mark and Jennifer
The Short Story Club
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The purpose of this group is to read one short story a week. There is a link to each story in the discussion's opening post. You can drop in and out a ...more
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