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2018‎ (121)

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2019‎ (115)
2015‎ (73)
2020‎ (70)
2017‎ (68)
2016‎ (46)

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books-for-sophia‎ (25)
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my-psyche‎ (21)
books-that-made-me-cry‎ (15)

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“A house that has a library in it has a soul.”
― Plato

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“And so, when a person meets the half that is his very own, whatever his orientation, whether it's to young men or not, then something wonderful happens: the two are struck from their senses by love, by a sense of belonging to one another, and by desire, and they don't want to be separated from one another, not even for a moment.”
― Plato, The Symposium

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“Nothing ever ends poetically. It ends and we turn it into poetry. All that blood was never once beautiful. It was just red.”
― Kait Rokowski

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“He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.”
― Plato, The Symposium

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“According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.”
― Plato, The Symposium

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Year of Cosmere — 522 members — last activity Jan 01, 2023 10:18AM
Throughout 2015, we will be hosting read-a-longs for all of Brandon Sanderson's novels, novellas, and short stories that take place within his fiction ...more

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Hi there! SFFBC is a welcoming place for readers to share their love of speculative fiction through group reads, buddy reads, challenges, ...more

Perustopia Book Club — 16606 members — last activity Jun 26, 2025 12:33AM
Hello everybody! Regan and I are teaming up and decided to make a book club where we can all read awesome books together each month! We will also hav ...more

BooktubeSFF Awards — 1686 members — last activity Jun 01, 2021 12:01PM
A group for discussing the BooktubeSFF Awards and associated readalongs. To learn more about the awards have a look at the website: http://booktubesff ...more

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