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H. Jackson Brown Jr.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

Virginia Woolf
“When the Day of Judgment dawns and people, great and small, come marching in to receive their heavenly rewards, the Almighty will gaze upon the mere bookworms and say to Peter, “Look, these need no reward. We have nothing to give them. They have loved reading.”
Virginia Woolf

John Locke
“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.”
John Locke

Anna Quindlen
“I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.”
Anna Quindlen

Cheryl Strayed
“But the reality is we often become our kindest, most ethical selves only by seeing what it feels like to be a selfish jackass first.”
Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

4862 Books on the Nightstand — 6100 members — last activity Jan 18, 2026 09:18AM
A group to discuss books and topics mentioned on Books on the Nightstand, a blog and podcast about books and reading.
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Whether you prefer Faulkner, O'Connor, McCullers or more recent authors of Southern Literature such as Clyde Edgerton, Tom Franklin, William Gay, or M ...more
60280 The Readers — 1003 members — last activity Oct 30, 2024 05:36AM
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22225 Book Buying Addicts Anonymous — 3310 members — last activity Dec 12, 2025 09:39AM
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