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“When this is all over I'm going to found an association called 'The Knights of the Idiotic Table' and its purpose will be to arrange an annual dinner where we tell stories about Lisbeth Salander. You're all members.”
― Stieg Larsson

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“The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being.”
― Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume

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“Love's stories written in love's richest books.
To fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes.”
― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

tags: historical

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“Christianity is merely a system for turning priestesses into handmaidens, queens into concubines, and goddesses into muses.”
― Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume

tags: women-religion

143 likes

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
― William Shakespeare

tags: destiny

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The Lucid Garden — 354 members — last activity Jul 14, 2019 05:57AM
For fans of the slightly off-kilter, more in depth variety of fantasy/sci-fi/comics...though by no means limited to specifically those genres. If you ...more

The Rory Gilmore Book Club — 23615 members — last activity Apr 25, 2026 05:51PM
Reading is sexy! This group is for fans of literature and the Gilmore Girls. Join us for some witty banter, numerous pop culture references, and enlig ...more

The Reasons Why you wrote your book or books — 668 members — last activity Aug 30, 2024 01:41PM
People write books for many reasons, so why did you write yours?

Our Shared Shelf — 222859 members — last activity Apr 26, 2026 09:17AM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more