“[F]or when you get in love you are made all over again. The person who loves you has picked you out of the great mass of uncreated clay which is humanity to make something out of, and the poor lumpish clay which is you wants to find out what it has been made into. But at the same time, you, in the act of loving somebody, become real, cease to be a part of the continuum of the uncreated clay and get the breath of life in you and rise up. So you create yourself by creating another person, who, however, has also created you, picked up the you-chunk of clay out of the mass. So there are two you's, the one you create by loving and the one the beloved creates by loving you. The farther those two you's are apart the more the world grinds and grudges on its axis. But if you loved and were loved perfectly then there wouldn't be any difference between the two you's or any distance between them. They would coincide perfectly, there would be perfect focus, as when a stereoscope gets the twin images on the card into perfect alignment.”
― All the King’s Men
― All the King’s Men
“In fact, if one person is unkind to an animal it is considered to be cruelty, but where a lot of people are unkind to animals, especially in the name of commerce, the cruelty is condoned and, once large sums of money are at stake, will be defended to the last by otherwise intelligent people.”
― Animal Machines
― Animal Machines
“Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.”
― Blindness
― Blindness
“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
NC Triangle Sigma Kappa Book Club
— 11 members
— last activity Mar 27, 2009 06:22AM
The Sigma Kappa Alumnae Chapter Book Club. All Sigma Kappas are welcome. We list books we have read and book recommendations.
The Sigma Kappa Alumnae Chapter Book Club. All Sigma Kappas are welcome. We list books we have read and book recommendations.
End Suffering
— 9 members
— last activity Jul 17, 2009 07:31PM
A group to read books focused on ending suffering and pain
A group to read books focused on ending suffering and pain
Goodreads Vegan Book Club
— 542 members
— last activity Sep 03, 2023 08:13PM
Join us for book discussions on veganism, animal rights, and/or social justice!
Join us for book discussions on veganism, animal rights, and/or social justice!
Durham, NC Goodreads
— 192 members
— last activity Nov 21, 2023 12:58PM
A place for people in Durham, North Carolina to talk about what they're reading. Upcoming author readings and book events. Favorite bookstores. ...more
A place for people in Durham, North Carolina to talk about what they're reading. Upcoming author readings and book events. Favorite bookstores. ...more
Flight 815-ers Unite
— 222 members
— last activity Aug 22, 2022 06:23AM
This is a discussion board for Lost addicts to come together and throw around thier theories, talk about current or past episodes, and share thier lov ...more
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