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Sumbal Bashir

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“The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.”
― Dale Carnegie, How To Stop Worrying & Start Living

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“She took the facts and in a natural way charged them with tension; she intensified reality as she reduced it to words, she injected it with energy.”
― Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend

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“Imperfection inspires invention, imagination, creativity. It stimulates. The more I feel imperfect, the more I feel alive.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, In Other Words

tags: aliveness, creative, creativity, imagination, imperfect, imperfection, inspiration

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“Thinking matters through before we act is always difficult and often consumes a lot of our time. But it is simply not possible to be a person of integrity without doing it. —Stephen Carter, Integrity”
― Bill Gates Sr., Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime

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“We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where you come from, your imagination can be quite limited.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

tags: dreams

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South Shore Readers — 548 members — last activity Oct 26, 2025 03:22PM
A group for book lovers from the South Shore area of Massachusetts. We can discuss area bookstores, libraries, favorite books, book-related events, bo ...more

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Hey Y’all, We’ve been reading together for awhile and we don’t know about you, but we’re ready to hear your thoughts and opinions. This group is a pl ...more

Around the World in 80 Books — 30602 members — last activity 14 hours, 36 min ago
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